“The key lies in letting people define work-life balance on their own terms. This debate ends when people can choose what matters most to them at any given time," Alagh wrote in a long post.
In a conversation with former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai on a podcast in October last year, Murthy said that India’s work productivity was among the lowest in the world and to compete with countries such as China, India’s youngsters must put in extra hours of work .
It was Narayana Murthy s parents who taught him that working hard was the only way to escape poverty. According to him, this is when one gets the most productivity from each hour.
Vinod Khosla, venture capitalist and co-founder of Sun Microsystems, joined the 70-hour workweek debate and spoke in support of Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy's views.
70 hours a week became a hot topic when N.R. Narayana Murthy, the well-respected Founder of Infosys, suggested it as a work ethic. Thats 10-14 hours a day, 5-7 days a week. Sounds tough? Yet, we are surrounded by people who routinely put in these hours. So how many hours should you really work? Unlike Adamss response, there are multiple answers who have actually put in such work. Which one is yours?