Posted on 11/18/2024 11:13:00 AM PST by ShadowAce
If you find yourself dreading the weekend and wishing you could work a double shift every day, you might be Infosys founder Narayama Murthy’s dream employee.
Hvaing already spoken out against the supposedly workshy youth of today, who protested against working long hours, the Indian tech boss has revealed he doesn’t “believe in work-life balance”, and that he won’t budge in his thinking.
Murthy went on to hit out against the very concept of weekends, claiming the idea was a mistake, and that Indian citizens need to work longer hours.
When asked by CNBC-TV18 if his past controversial comments on a 70 hour work week were being misunderstood, Murthy assured that he means what he says.
He pointed to the 1986 swap from a 6-day standard work week, to the now standard 5 days as a disappointment, and claims he worked over 14 hours a day, six days a week until his retirement. Murthy, the father-in-law of recent ex-British PM, Rishi Sunak, says young people should look to post WW2 Japan and Germany, where determined, disciplined, and hardworking youngsters rebuilt the nations.
Interestingly, he doesn’t point to better productivity, happiness, or money for reasons to work a double shift every day, but rather because India needs young people to work hard to improve itself.
“I think in this country, we have to work very hard because there is no substitute for hard work even if you're the most intelligent guy” he said.
Murthy previously said that young people in India have an ‘enormous responsibility to work very, very hard’ in order to support future generations.
These comments were widely criticized, and excessive working hours have been found to harm productivity amongst workers rather than contributing to higher output. It’s well established that happier and healthier workers are more productive, so Murthy’s comments haven’t been entirely welcomed.
Infosys was also criticized heavily in April 2024 for forcing its employees to return to the office.
Its ‘In-Person Collab Weeks’ acted to force more workers to return to the office, with Infosys designating six weeks per quarter as mandatory in-person collaboration periods.
Oh right that’s why India is the leading manufacturer in the world…. NOT
he can run his business any way he wants ... as it should be ...
Murthy, the father-in-law of recent ex-British PM, Rishi Sunak,
Which explains why he’s an ‘ex-British PM’.
God says otherwise. Labor for 6 days and rest on the seventh. Oh, and BTW, you should also use that 7th day to worship your Creator.
For anyone not of your caste, right skippy?
I worked 7 days a week for many years. I liked it, but it wasn’t balanced.
. I used to work long hours and weekends when I had my own businesses, but I sure as hell wouldn’t put in those hours to make someone else rich.
Hard to argue with that. A strong work ethic is the same thing that built America.
Bezos prefers the term ‘work life harmony’ over work life balance.
That sounds what he is advocating (though he doesn't mention devoting the seventh day to worship of God):
"He pointed to the 1986 swap from a 6-day standard work week, to the now standard 5 days as a disappointment."
Until fairly recently, even people in developed Western countries had a six-day workweek. The two-day weekend is a relatively recent innovation brought about, for the most part, by labor unions.
I have a friend who works for Infosys here in Indianapolis. She works remotely, and works hard, but I can honestly say most of the people on her project don’t give a sh*t about their jobs or Infosys. So maybe his message isn’t filtering down to the plebes.
I’m all for the working/life balance. Laziness no work leads to poverty bondage. Too much work is a bondage too.
Oh, and the company doesn’t reward her for her efforts because honestly, she not an Indian guy or to a lesser extent an Indian woman. She a blue-eyed, blonde haired, white girl and they don’t get much love from Indian managers.
It’s really more because she doesn’t have leverage. Leverage allows you to leave and get more money if needed. Management knows that.
Working more hours doesn’t always make you more productive. Many times, it covers up incompetence.
Which explains why he’s an ‘ex-British PM’.
Exactly. About those 14-hour days, 6 days a week for his entire career, ask Mrs. Murthy and all the Murthy children how they felt about it.
With an attitude like his, they were probably happy about it.
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