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This study examines the work-life balance designing of new employees using qualitative research. Eight new employees at foreign IT companies in Korea were interviewed in two groups composed of two male workers and two female workers. The research determined two main themes and seven sub-themes related to the participants work-life balance using theme analysis. The first main theme was ‘working conditions’ which had sub-themes, ‘performance-based system in foreign IT companies’, ‘flexible working conditions’, ‘family-friendly company culture ’, and ‘positive evaluation of the company’. The second main theme was ‘work-life balance’ which included the sub-themes, ‘changing priority during transitional periods of life’, ‘ work-family balance designing as a family unit’, and ‘difficulties balancing between work and family’. The results revealed that workers prospected that flexible working condition might solve the demands of the child-rearing period and that work-family balance was determined as a family unit. Additionally, there were gender differences in the relationships between working conditions and work-life balance.