Ashneer Grover is the newest entrepreneur to leap on the talk which has happening after Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy mentioned that kids ought to put additional hours at work to compete with main economies.
In a dialog with former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai within the inaugural episode of 3one4 Capital’s podcast ‘The Report,’ Murthy mentioned,”India’s work productiveness is without doubt one of the lowest on the planet. Until we enhance our work productiveness…we will be unable to compete with these nations which have made large progress,” he mentioned, evaluating India with China, Japan and Germany.
“So subsequently, my request is that our kids should say, ‘That is my nation. I might wish to work 70 hours every week,” he added.
“I feel the junta acquired offended right here as a result of work remains to be being measured in ‘hours’ relatively than ‘consequence’. The opposite factor is folks feeling as if kids’ laziness is the one factor conserving India from changing into developed. Humorous – getting offended unites us greater than cricket, faith, caste or language,” Ashneer Grover wrote on X(previously Twitter).
Many individuals have additionally supported Murthy’s assertion and mentioned it exhibits dedication in the direction of taking India forward.
“I wholeheartedly endorse Mr. Narayan Murthy’s assertion. It is not about burnout, it’s about dedication. We now have to make India an financial superpower that we are able to all be pleased with in India 2047. A 5-day week tradition shouldn’t be what a quickly growing nation of our dimension wants,” Sajjan Jindal, chairman, JSW Group, mentioned.
Bhavish Aggarwal, CEO, Ola Cabs, additionally posted saying, “Completely agree with Mr Murthy’s views. It is not our second to work much less and entertain ourselves. Somewhat it is our second to go all in and construct in 1 era what different nations have constructed over many generations!”
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Up to date: 28 Oct 2023, 09:05 PM IST
Supply: Live Mint