Weekends were a mistake, says Infosys co-founder Murthy
www.theregister.com
Again defends his belief that 70-hour weeks are essential and work/life balance is bunk
  • Tarogar@feddit.orgEnglish
    70·
    2 months ago

    “I was not very happy with that. I think in this country, we have to work very hard because there is no substitute for hard work even if you’re the most intelligent guy,”

    Dude… If you work hard despite the fact that you claim to be intelligent… You are not intelligent.

    Work smart, not hard. The smart thing is to take breaks so that you can focus on what you are doing. Not working till you drop.

    • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      18·
      2 months ago

      Yes and on a global scale we massively overproduce a great many things in the first place. If we could calm the fuck down, we could all work a bit less.

  • TheTactfulSaboteur@lemmy.caEnglish
    42·
    2 months ago

    What this guy fundamentally fails to understand is that countries go from low gdp to high gdp not by producing more exports but rather by getting domestic consumption up. Time off is required for domestic consumption to happen. Henry Ford didn’t give his workers time off for their benefit, he did it so they would buy cars.

  • RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    40·
    2 months ago

    “I have not changed my view; I will take this with me to my grave,” he asserted .

    Fine fine, can you speed this up a little? The grave part I mean.

  • Dragonstaff@leminal.spaceEnglish
    271·
    2 months ago

    Woohoo, that’s my boss! Explains a lot about the company.

    Fun fact: we had to “return to office” last year. I had to move away from all my friends to a red state. Come to find out, there’s practically nobody in the office either. All of our work is done over zoom. It was just a “quiet layoff”, but I couldn’t find another job in time to quit.

  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    22·
    2 months ago

    Murthy claimed he himself worked six and a half days a week until retirement, typically 14 hours and 10 minutes a day, clocking on at 6:20 AM before downing tools at 8:30 PM.

    What a fucking slacker wasting ~66 hours per week that he could have been GRINDING. Pathetic.

    /s

  • rickyrigatoni@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    Ain’t got no time to read the article right now but that thumbnail is accurate because being a workaholic will just kill you and send you to the big cloud up in the sky.

  • anar@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Infosys itself is a scam company. They literally train their “consultants” to absurdly mark up the cost of things that could be done by 1 mediocre software graduate in a month. I have seen a simple project being worked on by a team of 8, and they milked that cow for at least 2 years.

    All they need is some idiot non-engineer in the company they are targeting. If your government is using Infosys, know that your tax is being sunk into a pointless hole.