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Infosys co-founder once again calls for longer than 70-hour weeks - and no, he's not joking (www.techradar.com)
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Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy has once again called for longer working weeks has returned, this time with an emphasis on schedules like the 996-pattern used in parts of China.

Murthy's comments revive a debate which began in 2024, when he argued that Indian employees should work 70 hours a week.

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[โ€“] HopeOfTheGunblade@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's not just saturday morning cartoon villain evil.

It's also incredibly fucking stupid.

Anything that you get better outcomes from by making people work longer, like assembly lines, can be done better by robots anyway, and of course you as capital owner don't have to live life after your dominant hand gets crushed and amputated.

Anything that isn't pure rote work, you get better results when people are not overworked and spending thirty hours a week sticking fucking pencils in your acoustic ceiling because nobody's fucking brain works that long and hard.

[โ€“] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 2 points 22 hours ago

Also automation is getting better and better all the damn time. The only reason why we haven't hit 30 hour workweek is due to declining unions and and exploitation politics.