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L&T Chief Pushes For 90-Hour Work Week as India's Tech Bosses Intensify Labor Demands (indianexpress.com)

(Thursday January 09, 2025 @11:45AM (msmash) from the raising-the-bar dept.)


Engineering and construction group Larsen & Toubro Chairman S.N. Subrahmanyan has urged employees in India to [1]work 90 hours weekly , including Sundays, surpassing Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy's recent [2]70-hour workweek proposal .

"What do you do sitting at home? Go to the office and start working," Subrahmanyan said in a leaked internal video. He cited a conversation about Chinese workers' 90-hour weeks versus Americans' 50 hours to justify the stance.



[1] https://indianexpress.com/article/india/lt-chairman-sunday-work-remark-outrage-watch-video-9769034/

[2] https://slashdot.org/story/24/12/16/2253203/infosys-founder-calls-for-70-hour-work-week-again



Screw that (Score:2)

by TWX ( 665546 )

If 'magnates' of industry attempt to enforce this then I hope they stir a revolution within the population.

old saying (Score:2)

by Virtucon ( 127420 )

"The beatings will continue until morale improves."

WCPGW? (Score:2)

by zurtle ( 785688 )

Would you set foot in a building constructed by labour who are working 90 hours a week? Designed by a structural engineer working 90 hours per week? That seems like a recipe for disaster.

"If God created the world in 6 days... (Score:1)

by BlueKitties ( 1541613 )

Imagine how much he could have accomplished in 7!" - Doom

Curiously enough, not observing the sabbath was punishable by death in Levitical law. Being lazy was not as far as I recall.

Nevermind the quality... (Score:2)

by AlvySinger ( 900304 )

... feel the volume. It's difficult to measure productivity accurately, but poor management can measure time at a desk! More must be good!

Staff would hate it and feel stressed and have no personal life. Must be good for business!

If only working 90 hours/week enriched the person doing the work...

Pillocks (Score:2)

by TractorBarry ( 788340 )

What a bunch of imbeciles these people are. Do they really think that the purpose of life is to work - not only that but to work like a slave for other peoples benefit ? (e.g. their benefit ?)

The fact we haven't got an average work week of about 20 hours shows how stupid we are a species. All this automation, yet we're still stuck in a 17th century work house mentality "Don't just sit there thinking... DO something... sweep the floor (again)" etc. etc. etc.

If I was forced to work for someone like this I'

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