Is the Idea of working 70 hours a week feasible? Recently we have come across a comment made by Infosys founder that India must work 70 hours a week for achieving the desirable goal of a stronger economic nation. Many of the corporations endorsed this comment and at the same time some people are not comfortable with this theory. In the 21st century, one cannot measure the efficiency of work by counting hours. Rather, quality makes sense instead of forcing employees to work at least for the given number of hours. Research shows that efficiency improves if we allow more leisure time to the employees rather than putting pressure on them to work 10-12 hours every day for the whole seven days of a week. We are not living in the world of Gen X now of the 70s & 80s. It is a time of millennial and Gen Z now. Their way of life is somewhat much different than the older generations. They are much awake and active for achieving the desired goals. ...
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