Overview

• In his June 3 address, Goenka clarified he never proposed employees work on Sundays or made any comments about spouses.
• The remarks drew enthusiastic applause from employees and went viral on social media with users praising his sense of humor.
• Goenka’s statement stands in contrast to SN Subrahmanyan’s January proposal for a 90-hour workweek that ignited a nationwide debate.
• Infosys founder Narayana Murthy has also endorsed long work hours while Anand Mahindra and Rajiv Bajaj argue the focus should be on work quality rather than hours logged.
• The exchange has intensified conversations about India’s high overwork rates and global trials of four-day workweeks.