{"id":323096,"date":"2025-01-11T18:20:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T12:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=323096"},"modified":"2025-01-11T18:20:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T12:50:26","slug":"impact-of-extreme-work-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/impact-of-extreme-work-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact of extreme work hours"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>: The post impact of extreme work hours has been created, based on the article \u201cExpress view on L&T chairman\u2019s remarks: The CEOs who lack of vision, empathy or ideas<\/strong>\u201d published in \u201cIndian Express<\/strong>\u201d on 11th January 2025<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus Topic:<\/strong> GS Paper2-Governance-Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector\/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.<\/p>\n

Context<\/strong>: The article criticizes corporate leaders promoting excessive work hours, like 70-90-hour weeks, ignoring employee well-being. It highlights the stress, low pay, and lack of support faced by workers, emphasizing that productivity doesn’t improve by sacrificing health, relationships, and sustainability.<\/p>\n

For detailed information on The Issue of Overwork in India<\/strong> read this article here<\/a><\/p>\n

What Is the Current Trend in Work Hours Advocated by Corporate Leaders?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. Corporate leaders like Narayana Murthy and S N Subrahmanyan have suggested extreme work weeks of 70 to 90 hours, respectively.<\/li>\n
  2. Other leaders, such as Bhavish Agarwal of OLA and Shantanu Deshpande of Bombay Shaving Company, also support intense work schedules.<\/li>\n
  3. Even the prime minister is noted for advocating long working hours, suggesting a cultural valorization of overwork in the country.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How Do These Work Hours Compare Globally?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    In Asia, the average work week is nearly 49 hours, compared to about 38 hours in North America and Europe. This highlights a significant disparity in work-life balance.<\/p>\n

    What Are the Implications of These Long Work Hours?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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    1. Extended work hours lead to high stress and low income among employees.<\/li>\n
    2. There’s a lack of adequate support systems for workers, impacting their physical and mental well-being.<\/li>\n
    3. This approach overlooks the importance of employee well-being and long-term sustainability.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n

      The International Labour Organization states: \u201cLabour is not a commodity.\u201d<\/strong> It emphasizes the need to align corporate demands with employee well-being and sustainability, which many leaders fail to consider.<\/p>\n

      Question for practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Discuss the implications of corporate leaders advocating extreme work hours on employee well-being and productivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Source: The post impact of extreme work hours has been created, based on the article \u201cExpress view on L&T chairman\u2019s remarks: The CEOs who lack of vision, empathy or ideas\u201d published in \u201cIndian Express\u201d on 11th January 2025 UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper2-Governance-Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector\/Services relating to Health, Education,… Continue reading Impact of extreme work hours<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,11973],"tags":[300,212,10500],"class_list":["post-323096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-governance","tag-governance","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}