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Title: Weekends Were a Mistake, Says Infosys Co-founder Narayana Murthy

Link: https://slashdot.org/story/24/11/18/1814244/w...

Infosys founder Narayana Murthy has tripled down on his previous statements
that 70-hour work weeks are what's needed in India and revealed he also
thinks weekends were a mistake. From a report: Speaking on Indian TV channel
CNBC-TV18 at the Global Leadership Summit in Mumbai last week Murthy once
again declared he did not "believe in work-life balance." "I have not changed
my view; I will take this with me to my grave," he asserted . The argument
from Murthy, and like-minded colleagues he quotes, is that India is a poor
country that has work to do improving itself. Work-life balance can wait. The
Infosys founder held prime minister Narendra Modi and his cabinet up as an
example of proper workaholics, claiming the PM toils for 100 hours a week,
and suggested that not following suit demonstrates a lack of appreciation.
"Frankly I was a little bit disappointed in 1986 when we moved from a six-day
week to a five-day week," he added. "I was not very happy with that. 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 to an
appreciative audience and laughing news anchor Shereen Bhan. Murthy claimed
he himself worked six and a half days a week until retirement, typically 14
hours and 10 minutes a day, clocking on at 6:20 AM before downing tools at
8:30 PM.

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