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Email: prof.sbose595@gmail.com Abstract The IT sector today has problems of work-life balance as workload and other pressures are on the rise. This paper focuses on the issues of work-life balance of the IT professionals, deadlines and crunch culture. The objective of the study should be to find the effect of workload and deadlines on employees' health, to find the effect of stress and burnout and to find the effect variables of job satisfaction and turnover intentions. The rationale for mixed method research was because it was quantitative (based on the survey questions of 200-250 IT professionals in Indian metros of Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune) and qualitative (interviews). The relationships determined were through the statistical methods of descriptive and regression analysis. The results show that work load, deadlines and the crunch culture impact the work life imbalance and lead to stress and burnout. Also, work life imbalance and reduction in job satisfaction and turnover intention is seen. The research paper concludes that to enhance health and reduce turnover of IT professionals, companies need to adopt flexible work practices, time and stress management and support programs by investing in their human resource.