Overview
- Sachin Dogra, an Indian marine technician working in Norway, posted on November 22 that many Norwegian workplaces use a 7.5-hour day built around fixed core hours and flexible hours.
- He described core hours as a shared window for meetings and collaboration, with the remaining hours completed at times that fit personal schedules.
- The video has drawn wide attention, accumulating about 1.1 million views and 68,000 likes, according to Hindustan Times.
- Dogra links the approach to Norway’s quality-of-life rankings, while Indian Express notes Norway places fifth in the 2025 Global Life-Work Balance Index and seventh in global happiness with a score of 7.262.
- Reactions from Indian users contrasted the model with long-hours expectations at home and invoked Infosys founder N. R. Narayana Murthy, and Hindustan Times said it has asked Dogra for more details.