‘How long can you stare at wife?’: L&T chairman Subrahmanyan suggests 90-hour work week
The Hindu
L&T chairman sparks outrage advocating 90-hour work week, reigniting work-life balance debate in India.
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) chairman S.N. Subrahmanyan sparked an online outrage with his comments advocating a 90-hour work week and suggesting that employees should even give up Sundays.
"How long can you stare at your wife," he is heard saying in a purported video address to employees where he urged them to spend less time at home and more in the office.
His remarks reignited the work-life balance debate, first triggered by Infosys Co-Founder Narayana Murthy's suggestion of a 70-hour work week.
“I regret I am not able to make you work on Sundays. If I can make you work on Sundays, I will be more happy, because I work on Sundays,” Subrahmanyan is heard saying in an undated video circulating on social media.
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“What do you do sitting at home? How long can you stare at your wife? How long can the wives stare at their husbands? Come on, get to the office and start working,” he further said.
His comments drew criticism on social media with some asking how long could “employees stare at screens and fat*** managers?”
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