Infosys Co-Founder Narayana Murthy Again Gives Advice to Spend More Hours At Work

Narayana Murthy, co-founder of Infosys, one of the big software companies, has once again reiterated that he does not believe in the concept of work-life balance. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his cabinet colleagues and bureaucrats are working hard for the country.

Murti has a Program KV Kamath, Independent Director and Non-Executive Chairman of Jio Financial Services, once said that India is a poor country with a lot of challenges and people need to worry about it rather than work-life balance. . He said, “When Prime Minister Modi is working almost 100 hours a week, we can show our appreciation for it only through our work. There is no substitute for hard work. Even if you are a very intelligent person You have to work hard, that’s why I’m not holding back my opinion.”

He told that till his retirement, he used to go to office at 6:30 in the morning and return at 8:40 in the night. This is 14 hours and 10 minutes per day. “He’s proud of it,” Murthy said. Last year, Narayana Murthy had advised 70 hours of work in a week. However, there was a lot of debate on his advice. Many people opposed this. There were some people in support of this also. Many business owners agreed on the need to increase productivity. Recently, Infosys had to face criticism for postponing the joining of new graduates. A union of software workers had warned that if the joining date of freshers is postponed then there will be a demonstration against the company. After this, Infosys had issued joining letters for new workers.

Bhavish Aggarwal, CEO of electric two-wheeler maker Ola Electric, had supported Narayana Murthy’s advice of 70 hours of work a week. Aggarwal had said, “I fully support Narayana Murthy’s advice to the youth.” Narayana Murthy started the company in 1981 with the help of six software professionals. Nandan M Nilekani was also included among these software professionals.