Infosys co-founder calls for youth to work 70-hour weeks • The Register
Do it for India, says Narayana Murthy, seemingly unaware that China, Japan, and South Korea all have overworking problems
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Well, that was what people in Germany and Japan did after the war. I fail to recognize, though, which devastating war had been lost by India lately so they would have to rebuild the country from scratch.
That's a boomer myth. They used to work long hours but much relaxed pace. Go and show them the modern schedule and stressors of many modern job, and they are absolutely higher than in the past. Every honest european boomer agrees with this. Millennials europeans are working much more intensively and more effective hours overall, even in Germany
Boomers used to go home too, and not have a device going off in their pockets every 55 seconds. They were able to unplug. The boss didn't dare go to the boomers house. Today, your boss doesn't even blink at calling you at 2am.
I have a separate phone for work and turn that thing off immediately when my 8 hours are up.
