‘Biwi Bhaag Jaayegi…’: Gautam Adani’s take on work-life balance amid 70-hour work week
Adani Group's Gautam Adani shares his views on the work-life balance. The billionaire underscores the need to be happy with one's work to maintain a balance.
Adani Group's founder and chairman, Gautam Adani recently gave his two cents on work-life balance. The billionaire has highlighted the importance of being happy in what one does to maintain a work-life balance properly.
“Your work-life is balanced when you do things which you like doing,” said Gautam Adani, in the video shared by the news agency ANI.
The Adani conglomerate head also highlighted the importance of avoiding the mistake of imposing one person's work-life balance method on another.
“Your work-life balance should not be imposed on me or vice versa,” said Adani, while underscoring that focusing on someone else's work-life balance strategy might not be an advisable strategy.
He further stated that one has to see that they are finding joy in the four hours they are spending with the family.
Meanwhile, those present while Adani was speaking, burst into laughter when the billionaire said that if someone spends eight hours with the family, biwi bhaag jaayegi (spouse will leave).
Adani's remark on work-life balance gains significance as just a few weeks ago Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy stated that a 70-hour workweek as essential for India's economic rise.
In November too, Murthy said, “I think in this country, we have to work very hard because there is no substitute for hard work. Even if you are the most intelligent guy, you need to work hard. So therefore, I am sorry, I have not changed my view.”
Reigniting the debate, Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu said that the rationale behind the 70 hour work week is "it is necessary for economic development".
“If you look at East Asia - Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and China have all developed through extreme hard work, often imposing punitive levels of work on their own people,” said Vembu in a post on X.
Meanwhile, social media users agreed with Adani's views on work-life balance. In response to the tycoon's views, Kajal Mishra said, “You are absolutely right; everyone should do their job.”
Infrastructure front
In the same interaction, Adani also spoke about the company's contribution to the country's infrastructure. Highlighting that building infrastructure is one of the “toughest” jobs, Adani said, “If it was easy everyone would have done it.”
Adani noted that many firms bigger than Adani Group contributed less to India's infrastructure development.
“On infrastructure, the companies which are bigger than the Adani group, they are not doing even 25% work (on infrastructure), which Adani is doing...They are larger on the basis of industry but not on infrastructure,” the chairman said.
Adani Group's flagship company, Adani Enterprises' shares closed 1.23 per cent higher at ₹2,401.85 on Thursday', compared to ₹2,372.55 at the previous market close. Adani Group stocks saw a decent rally on Thursday, with shares rising up to 5 per cent amid strong buying momentum in the market.
Top gainers among Adani stocks were Adani Green Energy, Adani Power, Adani Energy Solutions, Adani Ports and SEZ, and Adani Total Gas.
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First Published:26 Dec 2024, 08:56 PM IST
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