Bengaluru Company Wakefit Take a Creative Approach To Infosys Founders 70 Hour Workweek Advice Watch Video

Infosys founder Narayana Murthy recently suggested that Indian youth should work 70 hours every week to boost the country’s work productivity. His statement sparked debate in the country and faced harsh criticism. Most countries around the world, including India, are currently working on improving work-life balance. In such a situation, Murthy’s statement has invited dissenting voices. Now, Chaitanya Ramalingegowda, co-founder of Bengaluru-based startup Wakefit, has taken a new approach to the 70-hour work week. The company has released an advertisement, in which Murthy’s statement has been presented in a slightly different way.

Ramalingegowda shared a post on LinkedIn, which also included a video. This appears to be an advertisement from the company, taking a dig at the Infosys founder’s advice to ‘work 70 hours a week’. The main objective of this advertisement of the company is to tell people that they should sleep 70 hours per week to be more productive in their jobs.

Sharing the video, Ramalingegowda wrote, (translated) “70 hours a week. At Wakefit we have been following this debate for some time now. With the start of the new financial year and appraisal season in top gear, share your thoughts today Sounds like a good time to do it. Yes, we honestly believe we should all be putting in 70 hours every week for maximum productivity.”

Chaitanya Ramalingegowda acknowledged India’s need for productive work and hoped that more organizations would make 70 hours of sleep a week a requirement for this growth. He further wrote, “A growing economy like ours requires 70 hours of contribution from every team member every year. To be honest, it’s not asking for much. Our strong stance on 70-hour-weeks can be seen in this video Explained in detail.”

The video explains how getting 70 hours of sleep a week is good for an employee’s productivity as well as his health. This video of his has been viewed thousands of times and has also been appreciated by the people.