No more 70- or 90-hour workweeks! THIS Indian company slashes working hours by half

Kaumi GazetteLife & Style18 February, 20258.3K Views

While the necessity for work-life stability has been there for fairly a very long time, debates about it have intensified previously few months. In 2023, Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy sparked the controversy along with his touch upon children working 70 hours per week. In 2024, L&T Chairman SN Subrahmanyan’s remarks suggesting workers to work 90 hours per week together with on Sundays, added more gasoline to the fireplace. People not solely condemned Subrahmanyan’s feedback but additionally questioned Murthy and Subrahmanyan’s unrealistic concepts of lengthy work weeks. More lately, billionaire Elon Musk additionally shared on X that individuals at DOGE work 120 hours per week, which shocked many. However, an Indian company is now difficult this norm of lengthy workweeks by slashing its working hours by half!
In a current podcast, Veeba’s Founder and Managing Director Viraj Bahl dismissed the concept of working 70 or 90 hours per week. Talking concerning the want for work-life stability, Bahl mentioned that such lengthy work hours are outdated and unfair to staff. And so, at his company they’ve decreased its workweek to 40 hours. Bahl was talking to Chitrangada Singh on the podcast The Rockford Circle. Bahl additionally shared that forcing individuals to work for such lengthy hours with out giving them an fairness stake or substantial monetary good points in return is an unsustainable method for a company in the long term.
Bahl additionally spoke towards the hustle and grind tradition, which is usually glorified. While he agreed that new companies want additional efforts within the early levels, in the long term the hustle tradition turns into counterproductive for each the staff and the company. He additionally emphasised on the necessity for stability in all spheres of life.

All about Viraj Bahl

It was at his father, Rajiv Bahl’s company Fun Foods the place Viraj Bahl developed an curiosity in meals manufacturing. However, Viraj Bahl studied marine engineering at Singapore Polytechnic and later labored in service provider navy. After being financially steady, Bahl give up his high-paying job and switched to his household enterprise the place he helped increase Fun Foods until it was bought in 2008.
Varun Bahl then ventured into the restaurant enterprise in 2009, nevertheless it was not profitable. Later in 2013, he began Veeba Foods which has now grown right into a profitable enterprise and has a income of INR 1000 Crore.

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