140 hours
I do agree with him though. Can't build great things without putting in great amounts of work
BiryaniEnthu
Stealth
a year ago
*when you are building your own
Not working for someone at salary and fixed working hours
You know that when you work for someone you work on yourself too? Do you leave your brains at home and carry another pair at work like Severence?
UpsetUnicorn
Stealth
a year ago
Lmfao! 😂
You work on yourself when you work on yourself. The goals of the person or company you are working for might not necessarily align with yours. Everyone generally works for more than 70 hours a week if you consider cooking, hitting the gym and upskilling as work. And these need to be considered work because they are necessary for a healthy mind and body.
The CEOs claiming to work 100 hours plus a week don't do chores. They have someone for every task. And that's the only reason they can. Of course, if everyone had the luxury of that, you would have many many more people working 100 hours a week.
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Sugar
Stealth
a year ago
What great did he build lol😂
Building a company with 2000Cr revenue is no joke. Easier said than done. You can say the company is in losses and blah blah but you cannot ignore the hard work it takes to build one and the impact it creates.
Not everyone can understand this. Most don’t even have that big of a vision to be able to understand what does it takes to build such a company. That founder mentality is missing in most of us. :)
Sugar
Stealth
a year ago
So will you admire SBF🤔
I admire Tarun Mehta in the industry
Bhavish is just cringe pro max of twitter
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Working 70 hours a week only helps when you build something of your own in the future after gaining some experience otherwise being a corporate slave and working 70/140 hours doesn’t mean a thing. You’ll forever be a corporate slave.
It is easier for founders to say this coz its there own company at the end of the day. The truth is not everyone can work this hard. And the ones who do, become founders and hire people to fulfil their dream.
Baingan
Student
a year ago
Effort leading to more money requires a top 10% brain in the first place.
Most people think the 70 hr thing applies to them. it does not. It applies to the folks who wanna be in the top 2% of the income bracket. You can work 70 hours in a corporate (consulting banking etc) or startup (like Flipkart) and earn a chunk of money and invest in great opportunities. Nothing wrong with being a corp slave if it gets u a great lifestyle and builds wealth for you.
Bang on! It’s all about priorities at the end. Any ambitious person will work way more than 70 hours or whatever it takes to fulfil their dreams. On the other hand, a normal person can be happy with a 9-5 decent paying job. Nothing wrong in either of them.
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Ola Cabs was the poster child.
Then it slowly faded.
Now, it’s Ola Electric.
Then it slowly ****?
Then, it will be Ola AI.🤖
majboormajdoor
Stealth
a year ago
Woh Bola 70hr kaam krta hai
Aur aap Maan bhi liye?
Had he been hardworking, the grievance and complaints list for Ola S1 is unheeded. Their customer care is shit, service never responds.
Exactly 70hr m kaunse function pe kaam karta hai poochna. Sab dept ki toh lagi padi hai
Ola might be a synonym, but synonym doesn't solve the issues. No availability, rejections (not just 4/5), bad service, bad car conditions & lot more. So, what's more important- to substantially improve whats already there or mad s**t hustle for much more mess?
Even the work culture is pathetic. Innumerable folks have told me. Ultimately, what's the employee gaining?
70hr work badges ? Huh..
majboormajdoor
Stealth
a year ago
Culture wagareh toh bekar hai hi.
Lekin Bhavesh thodi sach bol rh?!
The thing about founders is they can bluff all the hard work they do as no one keeps tabs on their time! They can count all their flight times as working hours but
If I spend 20min on raising Jira tickets, my manager says I ain't working hard enough!
Don’t go by his social media buffoonery. He needs to show his investors (Ola electric accelerating IPO), he’s working. SoftBank has lost a lot because of him. Believe me this is nothing to motivate or building a company, the guy has history of scratching a vertical and pass it to others for cleaning it.
Sleepybudhha
Stealth
a year ago
So, Mr Bhavish here works for 20 hours a day. Sleeps for 3 hours, doesn't eat, doesn't shower. Very proud of you my man.
OP have you worked at Ola before? Tell me if you've seen someone last at Ola for more 5 years.
Or have you seen anyone mention ex Ola like ex Flipkart or ex Swiggy on their LinkedIn profile?
Enumerator
Stealth
a year ago
Everyone should work 80-100hrs a week. Beyond the 40hrs you work for money spend the rest to work on your skills, your health, your family, your hobbies and your side projects. Loyalty is a two way street, spending 80hrs for an employer who will call you family when they hire you and then fire you to make the numbers look pretty, is not worth it. People work 10-20yrs in a company only to be laid off by email after one poor quarter.
Saying work more than 80 hrs on something only when you own it sounds selfish. But what is the point in working on something when you have no equity in it is pointless.
SiriusMcGuffin
Stealth
a year ago
Yeh log din main 4 ghante main khana, pina, sona sab kar lete hain. Bhosdike employees pe gala phad ke chillane ko kaam nhi bolte. SMH
The 5 day work week is a hangover of the industrial manufacturing era. Whereas we are hoping for a future where tech will enable us to be more productive and slog less, narcissistic CEOs and founders, who contribute NIL for the greater good of the world, are fantasising about slave camps powered by human sweat and blood to accumulate EVEN more wealth. The disconnect is astonishing.
If I had my own startup then definitely i would be working 140 hrs a week
But idk why will my employees put in that much of work if I'm not paying them good enough
Umadbro
Stealth
a year ago
All these discussions reeks of a generation who feels entitled to a life they don’t want to work (hard) for.
You can work 40 hours a week or 70-80 hours a week. In both the cases the learnings compound proportionally. The outcome is gonna be like UK. Those who work hard will be well off in the near future affording the things they want to. The others who don’t more than likely would end up as hate-the-rich lower middle class which loves a good putdown, believes if someone is rich they are crooked, and will vote for politicians who promise to tax the rich.
You can’t have both. Work with luxury and then outcomes same as people who worked harder than you when they could.
If all of us start working 15 hours per day then there won't be anytime to spend the money earned then who will business produce for. Sat + Sunday off helps business more not just the people
AcidMess
Stealth
a year ago
Bhavish is building for bharat and people and we should start working like him and we should build wealth for the country and i totally agree everyone here should put in 140 hours. Earlier we never had a luxury of cabs but today we have just at the tip of the button because of Ola and Bhavish. I'm sure he will build something bigger and better than tesla and Elon musk.
140/7 is 20. Helicopter se udd ke aaega to bhi 30 min traveling. Hugna mutna khana sab 1 ghanta. To kya 2.5 ghanta sota hai?
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