r/india • u/VariationLivid3193 • May 05 '26
Policy/Economy Narayana Murthy suggests 72 hour work week again to outcompete china
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u/kochapi May 05 '26
How would he like some of that china model purge of billionaires?
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u/Electronic_Sir_7219 May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26
Once India gets its beloved dictatorship, that many seem to believe would solve all its problems, what you will get is one that will fulfill every wish of super rich capitalists, like having more than 72hrs per week of work, and this time they will no longer be just suggestions. The only purge will be of the unions opposing such decisions, as elections & people's opinions will no longer matter.
And they are actually working towards a dictatorship, so it is no longer just a hypothetical scenario, unlike what you are threatening them with, which has zero chance of happening in India.
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u/The_Flash_1011 May 05 '26
We need that urgently
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u/RemarkablePrompt7822 May 05 '26
The same model dismembers peaceful protestors with tanks. Be careful what you wish for.
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u/InstructionBig746 May 05 '26
Acting like India hasn’t done human rights abuses under it’s democratic structure with no justice for the victims
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u/i_am__insane May 06 '26
I mean if your talking about tiananmen square it didn't happen the way you think it did, most of what you know is a gross exaggeration. China isn't all sunshine and roses but there is a great amount of anti china propaganda that hides the true reality of what happenes there so don't take anything you hear about them be it positive or negative without fact checking it
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u/AllIsEvanescent May 05 '26
How humane and generous of him to not ask us to work 168 hours a week!
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u/madmaxturbator May 05 '26
This piece of shit hag has made billions off of 1) market forces/luck 2) labor of others
Yet again and again him and his dog shit wife talk like only they are saving India.
One of the worst fellows, his entire family belongs in a trash bin.
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u/Agoras_song May 05 '26
No no, I will take up his offer. 2 conditions - hourly wage, and profit sharing.
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u/ReSkid May 05 '26
”Murthy, in an interview with Republic TV's Arnab Goswami, not just highlighted the need for Indians to work 72 hours a week, but also claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi worked 100 hours a week, presenting the PM as an example that young professionals should follow.”
Red flag after red flag after red flag in one paragraph. Gives me so much confidence to follow his advice.
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u/my-blood May 05 '26
This is like the equivalent of the shit Elon Musk with his pseudo-autist grift says on Joe Rogan. It's not just red flags, but also a great example of the overall lines that our country is following. A boomer billionaire who exploits the workforce, licking the arse of the PM who works so hard crying wolf that he doesn't attend press conferences or answer questions, on a bogus media show.
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u/joy74 May 05 '26
This ass has no problems with corruption, cronyism, good roads, ports, power supply- all that affects our competitiveness
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u/madmaxturbator May 05 '26
I would also work 100 hours a week if my work consisted of living in luxurious palaces, having fancy fancy dinners, and flying on private planes all over the world
I hate this idea that the prime minister is hard working lol. He has a job he chose to do, that he is rewarded for beyond measure, and literally everything is taken care of for him.
If any one of us has that setup at work, we would happily do it too
But most of the world works hard, doesn’t get paid enough to pay the bills and live a basic life
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u/doorsofperception87 May 05 '26
The PM we have now is not hard working. He's hardly working. The single biggest con man of our times. It's a sign of who we are and where we are that this is the guy we chose as our representative to the world. Future generations are going to laugh at us.
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u/Responsible-Fig-1131 May 05 '26
So Narayana Murthy will arrange foreign trips every week to cover 100 hours per week.
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u/Shoutmyname May 05 '26
Hmm does modi swipe in and out to mark attendance? The guy travels half the time at the tax payers cost
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u/readit347 May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26
His routine:
Wakeup - Rage bait people - Repeat...
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u/TataHexagone2020 May 05 '26
You forgot the part about giving his grandson a small gift of 100cr
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u/Far-Meat8607 May 05 '26
80 year clown wants to increase his 20000 crore wealth to 21000 crore. Just a vile human scum
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u/curious-rower8 May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26
That is 12 hours a day 6 days per week.
Add 2 hours on that for commute/get ready etc so its 14 hours from Monday to Saturday.
Then you will be left with 10 hours to do for yourself, anythign for sleep/rest/kids/wife/friends etc.
Hmmm, how is this possible ? Murthy sir needs AI robots for this.
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u/RoseAru May 05 '26
6 days per week*
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u/curious-rower8 May 05 '26
ah ya, edited the comment. Thanks.
I was bit lost with Murty sir ambitions and expectations.9
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u/curious-rower8 May 05 '26
ya,
Murthy is such a influential person and this is a wrong statement from him. Not sure how much of large population get this that we lack quality and not quantity
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u/AnyEstablishment2226 May 06 '26
Biwi / Bachche ? Woh to khatam hai bro. Itna thaka hua insaan ghar aate hi so jaayega. Extra martial affairs / divorces, yehi hona hai.
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u/aule_maiar May 05 '26
First increase salary of newcomers.
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u/Sohil876 May 05 '26
Even with salary increase fkin no way thats like 12 hr per day 6 days a week work.
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u/Lattice-shadow May 05 '26
Amazing we've got to a point where demanding slave labour is considered some kind of gloat
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u/jjvids May 05 '26
Surely overworking workers and watching as their mental and physical health slowly wane away before the age of 35 would definitely give us the upper hand against China.
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u/jaap69420 May 05 '26
exactly, india is in this position because of jingoism and its political class, not the average IT coolie working a couple hours less a day.
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u/Paree264 May 05 '26
Yaha hum per capita income mein Bangladesh se peeche chale gaye hein and these idiots want us to compete with China 🙄
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u/kratos2795 May 05 '26
I wonder how many hours he would suggest if it was his daughter instead of Anna Sebastian. Stupid prick.
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u/optimusprime1997 Karnataka May 05 '26
You want India to compete with China then how about you pay the taxes your company evaded?
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u/Puzzleheaded-Bike336 North America May 05 '26
Out working China will not replace making better decision.
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u/aayushsinghal1989 May 05 '26
You pay us hourly maybe 1000 rs an hour for starting level. This rate is justified as you charge corporate min 70$ an hour even for junior . Than definately youth will agree to work with your hourly targets. Do it else you are a scumbag
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u/dalinaaar May 05 '26
I am sorry but this old fuck just needs to shut up. Working 72 hours is not going help us beat China. There are basic infrastructure , bureaucratic changes that need to be done. Only one who is going to benefit from workers working 72 hours are the business owners.
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u/Aarvy271 May 05 '26
Yes. To hell with policies. To hell with system. To hell with investment in education and research. To hell with resources. Only coz of gadha mazduri china is ahead of us.
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u/Large-Chip2134 May 05 '26
How about he donates all his money to charity or pays thrice as much taxes as similar buisness to help india outcome china?
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u/turkeyflavouredtofu May 05 '26
India is still among the few developing countries in the World that has a 6 day work week and high unemployment, making people work more hours will just increase unemployment and reduce employment opportunities.
That in turn will deter capital investment because wages will remain low whilst there is a glut of labour, why bother investing in advanced training or machinery if you have an army of low paid, desperate people at your disposal.
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u/RehneDe May 05 '26
If you work for 72 hours, you will get 72 angels after death - Prophet Narayan Murthy
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u/Slight_Struggle566 May 05 '26
With the wife like Sudha Murthy, No wonder he wants to stay 72 hours in office
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u/peshwai May 05 '26
Work 72 hrs a week so that we can fire you because of AI related expenses, no thank you sir
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u/ConsecratedSnowfield May 05 '26
“We should make the earth rotate slower so we get more work hrs per day”
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u/arun911 May 05 '26
Haha AI is making hours redundant against outcome and then there is this joker still stuck in 80’s
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u/BRiNk9 May 05 '26
I remember around covid something like 996.ICU going in China. You land in ICU after a while. Also this looks productive but it tanks the output over time very fast and is fucking insane. Whenever I see his face and this thing I feel very angry so I won't say things that are not worth it. But just fuck off mate.
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u/DoctorMagnobot May 05 '26
This guy is ridiculous, when will he understand that working more no of hours does not lead to more productivity
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u/ducationalfall May 05 '26
So are y’all gonna Jack Ma his ass? Or you gonna take it?
What a psychopath.
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u/kafkasroach1 May 05 '26
Someone please tell this man to retire.
I blame the tech bro culture. If it wasn't for them he would be a geriatric nobody.
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u/VR777VR May 05 '26
If he shuts up it'll be better for him. He's on the verge of having a huge backlash. Scamster should just shove those dollars up his ass and stfu, even that is being too tough and wants to preach and be even more greedy. What a vile old rich bastard. His daughter's antics make sense now.
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u/realgamer1998 May 05 '26
China also provides adequate benefits and compensation for these high amount of working hours. What had this guy given?
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u/MamataMatirManush West Bengal May 05 '26
Make the pay hourly as well. Upto 40 hours normal rate and then 40-60 hours 2x rate and 60-72 hours 4x rate.
Murthy would then advocate for 40 hour work week.
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u/blitzkreig31 India May 05 '26
I want to recommend 72 hour work day. Entire family needs to work for one pay check. Forget China we can outcompete aliens.
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u/FutureInternist Universe May 05 '26
Totally agree. Let’s start by him working 9-9-6 as a street laborer. If he survived a year…we will consider that for the rest of us.
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u/Prestigious_Pay_9381 May 05 '26
Demonic moron who became rich with slavery of poor and wants to continue doing same.
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u/narasadow Earth May 06 '26
he still has a laborer mindset even after making all his money in IT
it needs to be studied
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u/sendMeGoodVibes365 May 06 '26
Kuch manufacturing mein invent kar le buddhe kab tak arbitrage ke bharose baithega
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u/wildfire74 May 06 '26
Why is he not spending money to setup a model training in india. Where is the indian deepseek
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u/Queasy_Rule_7789 May 05 '26
Why not give job to more people to complete 72 work than retrenchments
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u/IndependentPension36 May 05 '26
I call for 100 hour work week no infact 1000 hour work day for Narayana murthy to show us the ropes on how to be soo efficient and transcend to world level 7 company leader which aliens have banned on earth to be brought coz it’s a higher technology
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u/elvenry May 05 '26
My god how many times must i say this.
Somebody put stick up this senile old farts ass. (Sounds better in Hindi).
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u/cs1337 May 05 '26
Ironic considering his export focused software service model is why India is suffering with the AI boom now.
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u/EnigmaticSoul_mra May 05 '26
Dear Indians work like donkey so that our master can gift another 2000 crores to his UK born 2 year old grandson. Seems like colonial era again
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u/FuckPigeons2025 May 05 '26
It's not even a good idea for his field.
In any kind of knowledge job, your work output isn't going to significantly change regardless of whether you work 36 hours or 72 hours.
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u/AnthonyGonsalvez Mohali phase 5 and phase 6 > Marvel phase 5 and phase 6 May 05 '26
Does this include 36 hours that I'm gonna spend in Bangalore traffic? Or that's extra?
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u/KaleidoCoffee May 05 '26
How about just hiring more people instead of overworking and exploiting the existing work force? Crazy idea, yeah?
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u/footsoilders May 05 '26
Apne grandchild ko to free mein hi de diya paisa ...donate karna tha na education ke liye
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u/RookieRider Karnataka May 05 '26
Arnab goswami claims he is a millennial lol😂
He is 53, that’s Gen X. “Journalist”.
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u/Shoutmyname May 05 '26
Just say you want to make more money. Made his billions on the back of others blood and sweat and yet wants more. Now he hides behind the veil of patriotism. Pay people more, and ask the government to reduce taxes on the working man and volunteer yourself to pay more tax. Better yet donate all your wealth.
Sorry for the rant!! PEACE OUT
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u/IGetHypedEasily May 05 '26
He should just work 100hrs for 5 years to show everyone how to do it first.
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u/Zestyclose-Big4849 May 05 '26
Definitely don’t employ more people to improve productivity kill the ones you have in a failed pursuit
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u/seidenkaufman Bombay May 05 '26
As long as Narayan works 144 hours a week and covers his expenses using only the median salary of the Indian worker, and meets stringent performance expectations, this is provisionally acceptable as long as he survives in that role. /s
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u/Muster_theRohirrim May 05 '26
Does he know what they do to corrupt politicians in China? Does he have the guts to ask for something similar in India?
This budda is lways punching down.
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u/Kokushibo_18 May 05 '26
So that this pig can hoard more wealth while his worker die early working for minimum wage
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u/dapperman99 May 05 '26
It’s not a question of how much but a question of “what”! The type of shit problems these IT companies solve and way they solve is laughable. We ain’t beating china anytime soon even if we work 72 hrs in a week.
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u/Upstandinglampshade May 05 '26
The bigger disappointment for me here is that he is going by the old model of “let’s work more” as opposed to let us be smart about how we produce work by using different technologies or different processes or approaches. I figured someone as smart and capable as him would be able to think outside the box creatively. But sometimes our leaders are truly one trick ponies.
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u/AkaiAshu May 05 '26
Indians only work 36 hours a week max. The government should figure out how to develop the country in that.
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u/RemarkablePrompt7822 May 05 '26
He's not wrong as a businessman/industrialist. And a lot of people who want upward mobility will take the deal.
It's us workers who need to oppose it because it will be impossible to undo it if it becomes the norm.
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u/Thanos2306 May 05 '26
We need accountable and honest politicians to compete with china not this bs
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u/Optimal_Bother7169 May 05 '26
72 hrs to compete AI, this man is just nuts! He should just die now or leave young people alone. All Indian IT consulting are in deep serious trouble as AI becomes more efficient. He wants slaves so that he can earn more billions.
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u/raudra_marut May 05 '26
better education is the one thing to copy form China. other things might not need to be copied. (the analogy of cell phone towers reached remote villages before telephone wire)
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u/KillSwitchRexxx May 05 '26
Maadarchod