Advocating a 70-Hour Workweek
In 2023, Murthy suggested that young professionals should work 70 hours a week to enhance national productivity, citing the post-WWII work ethics of Germany and Japan as models. He expressed disappointment over India's shift from a six-day to a five-day workweek in 1986, emphasizing that hard work is essential for the country's development
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Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy suggested that young professionals should work 70 hours a week to boost national productivity and help India compete with other major economies. He argued that hard work is necessary for economic growth and framed it as a personal choice, not a mandate, based on his own decades-long career where he often worked more than 70 hours a week.
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Expert explains why Narayana Murthy's 70 hours/week working policy might be healthy