Narayan Murthy's new statement, 'I worked 70 hours, but cannot force anyone to do so'
A few days ago, Infosys co-founder NRN Narayan Murthy left the national debate by advising to work 70 hours a week. Now on Monday, he said that no one can be forced to work for long hours. But everyone must introspect. He said that people also have to understand its necessity.
Infosys co-founder NRN Narayan Murthy has said that no one can be forced to work for long hours. However, everyone should think about it themselves and understand its necessity.
He recently advised the youth to work 70 hours a week. Murthy said that he worked more than 70 hours every week for 40 years in Infosys. This issue does not need debate, but self-reflection.
Narayan Murthy said that I used to reach the office at 6:30 am and leave at 8:30 pm. I have done this. After the Kilachand Memorial Lecture at IMC Mumbai, Murthy was asked a question on work-life balance.
Narayan Murthy said that these are matters of his personal life. Instead of debate on this, introspection is necessary. No one can say that you should do this, you should not do this. 60 percent of Indians still depend on free food grains every month. So much poverty is not good for any country. A civilized society is one where life is made better for the next generation, work is done for this.
After Narayan Murthy, the statement of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Chairman SN Subrahmanyan also gave rise to a new debate. He advocated 90 hours of work in a week. However, many people also criticized the statement of SN Subrahmanyan.
