Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal's thoughts on work-life balance in old interview irks internet
Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal, who was embroiled in a heated dispute with comedian Kunal Kamra last week, has returned to the headlines, this time for an old interview. Footage from one of his earlier interviews in which he discussed work-life balance has gone viral. During an interview with YourStory last year, he stated that the Saturday and Sunday off were a "Western cultural import" rather than a "Indian thing".?
What did Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal say about work-life balance??
"I don't think world-life balance is the right construct. Again it's a contrarian view. There will be people who will disagree with me," he said.
"Many people will disagree with me, but I believe... Let me actually take a historical perspective first and then I will tell you... the philosophy I live by. This Saturday-Sunday is not an Indian thing. This is a Western thing," he added.
In India, we never had Saturdays and Sundays, he remarked, adding, "We had the Lunar Calendar and we had holidays based on it." We had one or two days per month, he added. "Then it became a Western cultural import and then the industrial revolution happened...," he said in the interview.
How did people on the internet react??
People on the internet were not happy after listening to the CEO's concept of working, many people criticised Aggarwal. Here's what people wrote.
The video went viral days after Kamra and Aggarwal spat barbs on social media.?
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