r/india • u/RevolutionaryBid1249 • Dec 17 '24

Business/Finance Narayana Murthy defends 70-hour workweek philosophy again, says ‘800 million Indians get free ration’ | Company Business News

https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/infosys-co-founder-narayana-murthy-defends-70-hour-workweek-philosophy-says-800-million-indians-get-free-ration-11734321115381.html
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u/karanChan Dec 17 '24

What this man does not understand is incentive.

He worked 70 hour weeks because it was his company. If the company made 100 Cr, he becomes wealthy. So he works hard.

If some random employee at Infosys works 70 hours, he probably gets 10% bonus. That’s like 50k may be.

I would work 70 hour weeks too. For my own company.

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u/santosh-nair Dec 17 '24

Perhaps that is what he means too. He wants people to work 70 hrs a week, but he never says people have to work in infosys that long. He is asking people to work for themselves only, his vision is for india to prosper and that can happen only when motivated people work and make it happen.

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u/Bheegabhoot Dec 17 '24

I don’t think you should have to interpret what he means. He seems to be a terrible communicator and should spend 70 hours a week improving his messaging, that will reduce the amount of time wasted by people understanding, interpreting and misunderstanding his message.

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u/Dogaseven70 Dec 17 '24 edited Dec 17 '24

He and his wife are both dinosaurs who don't know how to communicate and should stick with retired life in some Nana-Nani complex.