- L&T Chairperson taking the Internet by Storm
- “How long can you stare at your wife”
- Work-Life Balance is Not Optional for Indians
- Disrespecting Relationships
- Final Thought
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“I regret not making you work on Sundays”
“What do you do sitting at home?”
“How long can you stare at your wife, how long can the wife stare at the husband. Come on”
You got to work 90 hours a week guys, come on!
-L&T Chairperson
L&T Chairperson taking the Internet by Storm
In a viral video that supposedly shows a new year’s meeting, the chairperson of L&T is seen to be “motivating” employees to work 90 hours a week. A simple math leads to 18 hours per day [ 5-Day work week] or 15 hours a day [6 Day work week].
If we go by the chairperson’s desire to work on Sundays as well, this translates to 12 hours of work a day.
“How long can you stare at your wife”
Statements like “How long can you stare at your wife?” not only trivialize work-life balance but also reinforce archaic notions about relationships and productivity.
In a country like India where employees toil day and night to feed their families and to keep them happy, seeing the face of their family members would definitely bring happiness.
Work-Life Balance is Not Optional for Indians
A 90-hour work week leaves little to no time for rest, family, personal growth, or mental rejuvenation. Forcing such schedules reduces employees to mere tools for output, ignoring their humanity.
Overworking leads to burnout, decreased productivity, and long-term health issues. The concept of diminishing returns in economics applies to human effort as well—after a certain point, working more yields less value.
Also read – Financial Independence a struggle for many Indians.
Disrespecting Relationships
The remark about staring at one’s wife or vice versa is not only crass but also dismissive of the value of personal relationships. It insinuates that time spent with loved ones is unimportant compared to work, which perpetuates an unhealthy culture of prioritizing labor over life.
Meaningful relationships require time and effort, much like any professional endeavor. Suggesting that spouses would grow bored of each other underlines a lack of understanding of the value of companionship
Final Thought
Work is an integral part of life, but it is not life itself. Leaders must embrace the fact that thriving employees are those who have fulfilling lives outside of work. A focus on both work outside and inside the office would be ideal for the Indian scenario.
Indians are one of the hardest working breed of workforce. Such exploitative comments will certainly result in lower morale of the workforce. Leaders must refrain from making such statements.
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