印孚瑟斯创始人谈一周工作70小时

Narayana Murthy on his 70-hour work week comments: “I am sorry I have not changed….”

纳拉扬·穆尔蒂谈一周工作70小时：“很抱歉我没有改变....”

Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy refused to back down from his controversial stance on extended working hours, offering an unapologetic "I am sorry, I have not changed my view." The tech veteran, who sparked nationwide debate last year by urging Indian youth to work 70-hour weeks, declared he would take this belief "to my grave."

印孚瑟斯公司联合创始人纳拉亚纳•穆尔蒂拒绝就延长工作时间的争议性立场做出让步，他不道歉，他说：“对不起，我没有改变我的观点。”去年，这位科技行业资深人士敦促印度年轻人每周工作70小时，引发了全国范围的讨论。他宣称，他将把这一信念“带到坟墓里”。

"I don't believe in work-life balance... I have not changed my view," Murthy told CNBC-TV18 at the Global Leadership Summit. He cited Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reported 100-hour workweeks, suggesting citizens should match such dedication. "I will take this with me to my grave," he added.

“我不追随工作与生活平衡那一套……我没有改变我的观点，”穆尔蒂在全球领导力峰会上表示。他以印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪每周工作100小时为例，建议印度公民也应该有这样的奉献精神。“我会把这一信念带到我的坟墓里，”他补充说。

"I am sorry, I have not changed my view. I will take this with me to my grave," he added, standing firm on his controversial stance from last year that sparked nationwide debate on workplace culture.

“抱歉，我没有改变我的看法。我将把这一信念带到我的坟墓里。”他的争议性立场去年引发了全国范围内关于职场文化的讨论，但他仍坚持这一立场。

He maintains that his controversial advice stems from personal experience. The 78-year-old tech pioneer revealed his own rigorous work schedule during his tenure at Infosys, arriving at the office at 6:20 AM and leaving at 8:30 PM, working six and a half days weekly until retirement. "I'm proud of it," he stated.

他坚持认为他有争议的建议源于个人经验。这位78岁的科技先驱透露了他在印孚瑟斯任职期间严格的工作时间表，早上6:20到办公室，晚上8:30离开，每周工作六天半，直到退休。“我为此感到骄傲，”他说。

Murthy expressed dissatisfaction with India's 1986 transition from a six-day to five-day workweek. "I was not very happy with that. I think in this country, we have to work very hard because there is no substitute for hard work even if you're the most intelligent guy," he emphasised.

穆尔蒂对印度在1986年将每周工作6天改为每周工作5天表示不满。“我对此不太满意。我认为在这个国家，我们必须努力工作，因为没有什么可以代替努力工作，即使你是最聪明的人，”他强调。

The statement follows his comments from last year in an conversation with Mohandas Pai urging Indian youth to work 70 hours weekly to boost national productivity and compete globally. "India's work productivity is one of the lowest in the world... So therefore, my request is that our youngsters must say, 'this is my country, I want to work 70 hours a week,'” Murthy said.

在此之前，他在去年与Mohandas Pai的谈话中敦促印度年轻人每周工作70小时，以提高国家生产力和全球竞争力。“印度的工作生产率是世界上最低的国家之一……因此我希望我们的年轻人能说出‘这是我的国家，我想每周工作70个小时’，说到做到”。

Those remarks sparked intense debate across industry sectors, drawing both criticism and support from business leaders.

这些言论引发了整个行业的激烈辩论，商界领袖对此既有批评，也有支持。

印度时报读者的评论：

S R

Sure Murthy Uncle.. I will work 100 hrs if I'm building my own company like you... but not to help you build your company...

穆尔蒂叔叔，如果我像你一样创建了自己的公司，我也愿意每周工作100个小时，但帮别人打工就算了

Rana

Murthy was working on his own business not for some other company. Why should an employee work overtime for some company for fixed pay destroying his health and family. This is the slavery mindset of private IT corporates against which there is need of IT union for employees

穆尔蒂是给自己打工，而不是为其他公司工作。一个员工拿固定的工资，为什么要加班，这有损他的健康，对家庭也不好。这是民营IT企业的奴役心态，因此有必要成立IT工会

Prasad Guest

The pay should also reflect 70 hours a week... unfortunately employees seldom get paid for additional hours worked...it should be the choice of employee to work more...to be paid more

一周工作70小时，工资也应该相应增加。不幸的是，员工加班很少得到报酬。加不加班应该是员工的选择，加班就应该得到更多的报酬

Sushanth Kotian

Let him go to grave with his views. Indians don't need his views

让他带着他的观点进坟墓吧。印度人不需要追随他的观点

godillu

We are not born to toil until death. All animals only work for food and shelter! Rest of the time is “Just life!” He earned money but no wisdom!

我们并非生来就要劳碌至死。所有的动物都是为了解决温饱和住所而工作的！剩下的时间就是“生活！”他赚了钱，却没有智慧！

gRavi Menon

Rich and Insensitive! I don't think these people have ever experienced what the common families have. And even if they have, they have forgotten the pain and ignore the abnormal amount of LUCK that made them what they are today!

为富不仁！我认为这些人从未经历过普通家庭所经历的。即使他们有，也忘记了痛苦，忽视了让他们获得如今地位的异常运气！

25 d

Talk is easy, work is the thing?

站着说话不腰疼

Daraj Daraj

LOL..citing Modi as an example..Uncle has gone totally bonkers..needs an asylum soon..Modi works fo r his own selfish interests , always in campaigning mode

哈哈，以莫迪为例，这大叔已经完全疯了，莫迪为自己的私利而工作，总是处于竞选模式

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This is sound and good advice

这是很好的建议

Iruag Thanghura

I totally agree with Mr.Narayana Murthy. Infact during the late 90s and 2000's 1st decade many of the techies in companies like Cisco,BT, Oracle in India office etc used to work long hours w/o ever cribbing about it.

我完全同意穆尔蒂先生的观点。事实上，在90年代末和2000年代的第一个十年，思科、英国电信、甲骨文等公司的许多技术人员在印度办公室长时间加班，从不抱怨。

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People after a certain age know that they should stop giving gyan to the rest of the world. But unfortunately Indian morons think they rule until eternity, and can't wait to get attention to themselves

上了一定年纪的人要知道，他们应该少说教。但不幸的是，印度白痴认为他们的统治是永恒的，迫不及待地想要引起人们的注意

Supriyo Ghosh

Normally people don't change his mind at this age and thats why fresh thoughts are required to replace the old school thoughts. Work life balance is very vital now a days which no one can ignore. He choose to live with his rotten idea, let him do that.

通常人们在这个年龄是不会改变想法的，应该用新的想法取代旧的想法。工作与生活的平衡是非常重要的，没有人可以忽视。他选择带着他的坏想法生活，那就岁他去吧。

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not sure why anyone bothers about a has been. if Murthy is so convinced why not implement this policy as a test case in Infosys and if it works then ask others to copy. he obviously has not learnt from his mistake when he got a back lash the first time he made this stupid statement. good workers learn from their mistakes. with age he has gone senile.

我不知道为什么有人会为一个已经存在的问题而烦恼。如果穆尔蒂如此确信，为什么不在印孚瑟斯实施这一政策，作为一个试点，如果成功了，那就要求其他公司效仿。他显然没有从自己的错误中吸取教训，他第一次发表这种愚蠢的声明就遭到了批评。优秀的员工从错误中学习。他真的老了。

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Not realising the harm and negative publicity. Should just gift dividend money at least back to junior employees as grandkids and set an example.

没有意识到危害和负面报道。至少应该把红利作为孙辈的礼物送给初级员工，树立榜样。

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Ask him pay his employees per hour basid.. Then see how this fool reacts

让他按小时给员工发工资。然后看看这个傻瓜有什么反应

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We can't accept the views of the veteran corporate leader. It is ok for top management but not acceptable to middle and lower management levels.

我们不能接受这位老板的观点。这对高层管理人员来说是可以接受的，但对中下层管理人员来说是不可接受的。。

Shashwat Kumar

This guy has gone completely mad. Why are you comparing Modi with someone with family and friends? And on top of that, AI is evolving and soon anything back in 1990s that used to take weeks will be done in minutes. Instead of finding ways to boost the output, he wants to kill morale by making employees work daily. This is not industrial revolution or world wars. Also, doctors and founders working 100 hours is nothing compared to this slavery. They are working for themselves and we are working for them and they expect us to show up 6 days a week and for 12 hours, bull*it.

这家伙完全疯了。你为什么把莫迪和有家人和朋友的人比较？最重要的是，人工智能正在发展，在20世纪90年代，过去需要几周时间才能完成的事情，几分钟内就能完成。他不是想办法提高产量，而是想通过让员工每天工作来打击士气。这不是工业革命或世界大战。此外，创始人工作100小时与这种奴役相比根本不算什么。他们为自己工作，我们为他们工作，他们希望我们每周工作6天，工作12个小时，真是荒谬。

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It is natural for him as through the decades his company has done only one thing, selling engineer's time not software. more the time engineer spends at work more is the billing and revenue the company.

这对他来说很自然，因为几十年来他的公司只做一件事，压榨工程师的时间，而不是软件。工程师在工作上花费的时间越多，公司的账单和收入就越多。

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back in 1960s and 1970s or even till end of 1980s..world was mechanical and hardly the men and women has had any stress ..so it was easy for him to work for 70 hours then but definitely not good for today's world...his suggestion is wrong

早在20世纪60年代和70年代，甚至到80年代末……世界是机械的，男人和女人几乎没有任何压力…所以对他来说，工作70个小时可以，但对今天的世界来说肯定不好…他的建议是错误的。

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Apply it in Infosys and see how many good employees remain there within one year.,Simply unfortunate to have a veteran with such anti-human views.

在印孚瑟斯先实行，看看一年内有多少优秀员工留在那里。有这样一个反人类观点的老顽固真是太不幸了。

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Likewise our esteemed PM never RESTS....works without a day leave.....ruining whole india.

我们尊敬的总理也从不休息，孜孜不倦地在摧毁整个印度。