'Work Something We Do, Not Who We Are¡¯: Ratan Tata's Manager Shantanu Naidu Shares Views On ¡®18-hour Day¡¯ Debate

Recently, the CEO of the Bombay Shaving Company received a lot of flak after his controversial LinkedIn post got viral. The post demanded freshers to work 18 hours a day.

Shantanu Naidu shares views on '18-hour work day' culture

Now, Ratan Tata's manager is sharing his views on the debate. He rejected the idea of an 18-hour workday and made a video of himself on LinkedIn sharing his views.

Naidu wrote on LinkedIn: ¡°Since the topic of hustling and balance is finally in debate, this is what I feel :)¡± and shared the video. He started by bringing forth the idea of valuing a person based on his or her achievements and productivity.

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¡°I think the problem with this 18-hour work day or hustle culture is that it brings down the value of a person only down to his achievements and productivity and I think as human beings we are worth much more than that and work is something that we do not who we are is something I heard and I really believe in that,¡± he said.

He disagreed with the hustle culture

He even disagreed with the hustle culture. He added how relationships and love make us human beings and not the value of the work we do during the day.

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¡°People who still want to do the hustle and still want to do the eighteen work days and not sleep are of course free to do that because they believe that¡¯s the way to do it but to preach that to young impressionable minds is not a great idea because that¡¯s not what makes us individuals and human beings,¡± he said.

¡°I think in the end it¡¯s more relationships and love and what we leave behind for other people that really makes us human beings and not being valued at how much work I did today. I think that¡¯s a problematic opinion maybe but I think that¡¯s my opinion,¡± he added.

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Bombay Shaving company's CEO Shantanu Deshpande¡¯s had to apologise to everyone for hurting sentiments after being trolled a lot for his views on 18-hour day hustle culture.

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