Don't work for 70h/week
Else your kids will call u bonus dad/mom
Yup, those who devote themselves to work inevitably do a disservice to their loved ones. That’s why balance is must
Qwerty2398
Stealth
8 months ago
This news is just a PR placement, for him to justify that he worked long hours in his prime. So, his expectation of 70hrs is not unreasonable.
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GrimBeard75
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8 months ago
Underrated comment
Demon
Stealth
8 months ago
Good one 👏
hellotherehappy
Stealth
8 months ago
Man wants everyone to work 70 hrs a week only because that's the only way the Infosys model of cheap labour and dollar arbitrage works.
VacantFuel98
Student
8 months ago
That's a very flawed logic. It's a simple demand supply math. If you want better work life balance. Create more businesses so that morr people can be employed.
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Lulz 😜 it’s a trade off .. between family and career .. working 70hrs/week nothing to be proud of
Demon
Stealth
8 months ago
It's a tradeoff between 3, not 2 IMO :
Social life, family and work.
I have seen people get very dedicated to one if they are able to compromise another of the three. I guess Narayan Murthy chose to compromise family life then .
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Umadbro
Stealth
8 months ago
Absolutely boggles my mind how a whole generation is triggered by an out of context comment when it doesn’t even apply to them.
It’s a trade off. If you value success more, invest that time in work. If you don’t, invest time in things you value. Unfortunately people want the riches without putting in the work. And end up resenting successful people who did put in the work cos it reflects poorly on their own choices. Often assuming they somehow cheated the system. Cf today’s USA.
Also, if you let artists define your meaning/fulfillment of life, you will always be angry and sad. It requires introspection not just mimesis to look cool among your peers.
Then why not overpay for overtime? I don't think anybody would mind with that
Murthy- If you work 70hrs a week for the next few years, may be I will be able to afford the latest Rolls Royce or Ferrari". Absolutely detest this man and the company to the core. I worked for a year and they basically never paid my PF. That is how they become Billion Dollar company. May be the amount wasn't big, but at that time, it was a lot of money for me and my family. The culture that was there in the company was simply poisonous and I have never seen any employee come and speak positively about Infosys. Absolute trash!
BiryaniEnthu
Stealth
8 months ago
This is wrong on so many levels 🤭
This totally depends. Many army soldiers kids wouldn’t get chance to see their father and they are still okay with it. So if someone wants to pursue their career over family it should be their call. We are no one to judge here.
PrizeFighter
Stealth
8 months ago
I feel like in general, to make his upcoming blood line experience a good life, one must sacrifice his own. For example if I work hard, make more money and make crores by the time of retirement, my children would be living a happy life growing up, but I would have aged, bored of life, probably confused on which asset to invest so that when my children grow they will have much more money.
I don't think OP needed to make this post. People here are well informed about the 70 hour week gimmic
LOL!! See this is what happens when any person does anything too extreme.
Things have to be balanced in all ways and from all sides.
Poor billionaires have sick home culture or bad health. God bless all with happiness and not a boss who asks to work for 70 hours/week.
😬🥳🥳🙏🙏
Demon
Stealth
8 months ago
You wouldn't be reading a book about Akshata if Narayan Murthy hadn't worked for 70 hrs a week. It's ok for him to work as much as he wants, just like it's ok for you to work as much as you want. He shouldn't crib for his family life and you should not crib about not making as much money.
Decisions have consequences. Black and white decisions have more prominent consequences.
She got >$15M just as dividends for her Infosys shares in 2023; the net worth of those shares must be over a few hundred million.
Also, I am not sure, but being a Murthy must have impacted her journey up to the PM's wife of the UK, even slightly. Take this in a positive way please, I mean being able to afford quality education & exposure etc.
So, I guess there are trade-offs that seem trivial in hindsight. There is no nobility in being poor.
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Uncle has hopped on 70hours/week bandwagon 😂
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Let us analyze QUANTITATIVELY what Mr. Narayana Murty said about 70hr per week of work to build India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 How much percentage do you need to get DISTINCTION in college? 70% 🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈 What about FIRST CLASS? 60% 🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉 SECOND CLASS? 50% 💅💅💅💅💅 How about JUST PASS? 40% 🗓️🗓️🗓️🗓️🗓️ How many hours in one week? 24×7 = 168 🕜🕡🕦🕣🕥 🧮🧮🧮🧮🧮 So what percentage of your week is Mr Murty suggesting you work? 70/168×100 = 41.67% 🎖️🎖️🎖️🎖️🎖️ Mr Murty is basically telling you to score JUST PASS marks in your weekly EXAM OF LIFE. Not DISTINCTION. Not FIRST CLASS. Not even SECOND CLASS. Only JUST PASS. 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 Is that too much to ask?
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