’Worked 85 to 90 hours’: Narayana Murthy backs 70-hour work week stance

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New Delhi, Dec 11, 2023: Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy has said he used to work nearly 90 hours a week while he was setting up his company, and that has not been a waste.

 

Murthy’s statement, to The Economic Times, comes months after he had suggested that youngsters in the country should work for at least 70 hours a week.

"I used to be in the office at 6:20 am and leave office at 8:30 pm and worked six days a week," Murthy told the portal in an interview, adding, "During my entire 40-plus years of professional life, I worked 70 hours a week."

"When we had a six-day week - till 1994 - I used to work at least 85 to 90 hours a week. That has not been a waste," Murthy said.

"I know every nation that became prosperous did so through hard work," he said.

Further, he said his parent taught him that the only way to escape poverty was to work "very, very hard".

He, however, added that this is when one gets the productivity from each work hour.

Courtesy: India Today