{"id":394503,"date":"2023-11-26T16:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/11\/26\/shashi-tharoor-reacts-to-bill-gates-narayana-murthys-suggestion-on-work-week\/"},"modified":"2023-11-26T16:55:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T16:55:00","slug":"shashi-tharoor-reacts-to-bill-gates-narayana-murthys-suggestion-on-work-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/11\/26\/shashi-tharoor-reacts-to-bill-gates-narayana-murthys-suggestion-on-work-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Shashi Tharoor Reacts To Bill Gates, Narayana Murthy&#8217;s Suggestion On Work Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Shashi Tharoor Reacts To Bill Gates, Narayana Murthy's Suggestion On Work Week\" alt=\"Shashi Tharoor Reacts To Bill Gates, Narayana Murthy's Suggestion On Work Week\" id=\"story_image_main\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-03\/i694vc8g_shashi-tharoor_625x300_29_March_23.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">Since being shared, his post has amassed a lot of reactions from internet users.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Infosys founder Narayana Murthy suggested that India&#8217;s youth must work for 70 hours every week to boost the country&#8217;s overall work productivity and economy. This remark by the businessman created a stir online with a few people including JSW Chairman Sajjan Jindal supporting the idea while others also questioned the long-term health implications of having a work schedule consisting of unreasonable and extremely long working hours. Meanwhile, Microsoft co-founder recently stated that &#8220;the purpose of life is not just to do jobs&#8221; and discussed the optimistic side of artificial intelligence to jobs. The billionaire stated that AI would free up labour for more constructive work, in a recent episode of \u00a0Trevor Noah&#8217;s &#8220;What Now?&#8221; podcast. He said, &#8220;So if you eventually get a society where you only have to work three days a week or something, that&#8217;s probably OK.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the views of the two tech leaders, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShashiTharoor\/status\/1728690284899316032?s=20\">wrote on X<\/a>, formerly Twitter, &#8220;Bill Gates says a three-day work-week ought to be possible&#8217;. In other words, if Mr Gates and Mr Narayana Murthy sit down together and work out a compromise, we will end up exactly where we are, with a five-day work week!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since being shared, his post has amassed a lot of reactions from internet users.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hahaha, and if @elonmusk \u00a0joins them, the average might to up to 10 days in a week,&#8221; said a user.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;4 hours are the moderate working hours that can only give the workers the best output . And it would be joyful also for the employees,&#8221; added a person.<\/p>\n<p>Another user suggested, &#8220;Let&#8217;s make a deal and make it 4 days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Both r correct, if work not well organized even 7 days a week may not work, if planned 3 days enough.They r talking in their respective context,&#8221; added a user.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Murthy is talking about catching up to the west. Gates is talking about the future where ai assistants are integrated into our lives and we can get a lot more done in less time,&#8221; sai a person.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Click for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/offbeat\">trending news<\/a><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/offbeat\/shashi-tharoor-reacts-to-bill-gates-narayana-murthys-suggestion-on-work-week-4608486\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Since being shared, his post has amassed a lot of reactions from internet users. Infosys founder Narayana Murthy suggested that India&#8217;s youth must work for 70 hours every week to boost the country&#8217;s overall work productivity and economy. 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