Gravitas: Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal calls for 70-hour work week, doctors warn of heart risk

CEO of Ola, Bhavish Aggarwal, has reignited a debate on work-life balance by advocating for a 70-hour workweek. Healthcare experts have flagged that the 70-hour work week leads to an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, like strokes, heart attacks and high blood pressure.
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[@feelslikehomewoollengifts]

70 hours per week?? 10 hours per day, seven days per week? I would leave the country immediately and move somewhere else.

[@Visionary-cx5dw]

The same CEOs are scared to call out the govt for failing to provide infrastructure in order to reduce traffic so that more work can be done instead of sitting in traffic both ways, Mumbai traffic is a great example.

[@zz-ly4qd]

U work for 8 hrs+ 3 hr traffic = 11 hr daily . If use train ,dn 2 hr hell journey. U pay tax, govt give free money to poor dt make dm poor forever & make u to suffer with lots of disease & unhappyness. Third class.

[@prempunjabi13]

This is what they want. No more issues of unemployment

[@AnkurGedam]

​@@zz-ly4qdpoor people pay more taxes than you

[@debarshidutta349]

What are u waiting for? And why are u waiting.? Thank God I already left. 2021

[@pxvgr]

For some reason, these entrepreneurs fail to understand the difference between job and business. If I had to work for 70 hours, I'd rather start my own business.

[@gauravbharti5640]

100% True.. well said bro

[@Brodragon2225]

@@gauravbharti5640 funding kon dega

[@abhaybgh]

​@@Brodragon2225 jis Tarah enhe funding mili

[@Brodragon2225]

@@abhaybgh iit degree hain

[@kannankalidasan]

Yes. fundamental point.

[@rockybalboa1958]

What about reducing salaries of these ceo and billionaire, would they talk about pay gap

[@biswamohandwari6460]

How much you wanna reduce? 2 lakhs out of 190 lakhs. It’s fine for them

[@biswadevmajhi1973]

​@@biswamohandwari6460 50% reduction

[@pankajrohaj]

Best comment. They will never talk about that.

[@HyperCS2]

Narayana Murthy and Bhavish Aggarwal :" Kaam karwaunga raat bhar, Salary dunga jhaant bhar". Pardon my language. But the crux of it all is this only.

[@zz-ly4qd]

Ola will fall soon. It became stupid .

[@godgivespizza238]

i work 14 hours every day and i love working like that, but i am working for myself and if i work 14 hours a day for someone else they should either provide me with great lifestyle with good societal impact else i would say ''go fcuk yourselves'''

[@ravichandel8690]

you are right

[@vermaarpit3579]

Spot on

[@RS-uv2ql]

They enjoy in ac room with no work and eating sleeping in office

[@LK-sp3el]

This is the greatest human right violation.

[@srb7683]

If they want work for 70 hours, they better pay for every hour of that work including overtime pay at 150%

[@indosanct-rn9sr]

In USA per hour overtime you get double the pay

[@itube769]

It has become a new trend for CEOs and founders now to talk about increasing work hours. But no founder is talking about wages at the same time. Bloody money minded

[@sb-us9fk]

Yes they should share 50% of the profits of the company among the employees

[@JohnnyRotten-uf6xw]

This is a wakeup call to the government to allow intense foreign competition and stop protecting these inndustrialists. Only competition can fix the toxic work culture.

[@The-Celestial]

💯

[@TheHonoredOne484]

Especially in telecommunication we need foreign competitors

[@ManiacGamerzz-tv6zf]

This is India,here Common man is one, who always suffer.

[@zarthustra7]

Company doesn't love you- some learn this the hard way. Dont work a minute more than 40 hrs for employer.

[@saipranay3416]

Next they say people have to sleep in office floor to make country great 👍 and take minimum pay scale for sustainable 🤞 living

[@preetimourya5658]

I has already started. They are hiring contractual employees, high working hours, low salary ( less than 10000) with no security. Moreover govt. is also involved in this.

[@SuperHim09]

If we need to work 70 hours per week than why we work for someone else we work for himself and start our own venture

[@joybandopadhyay2557]

That's whatvi have decided even if the rule does not come

[@sb-us9fk]

It's damn difficult to establish a business, in a country of 140 cr only 5000 companies listed in share market, so you can understand how difficult it is to create even a 10 Cr market cap company

[@KaalRig]

reduce the salary of that ola ceo and hire more employees for overtime and extra day work. that will help indian economy

[@davidarundel6187]

My last job doing shift work , which equated to 140 hours per week - it broke me , in more ways than one , and did so , in such manner as to stuff my health up - spine & nerve damage , which cannot be prepared - no attempt to get medical help by my CEO , and was ordered out to work , "as we are short staffed " . The employer has run for cover from outset , as it was the government .

[@rareearthelement8698]

@davidarundel6187 Holy heck, hope you create a comfortable life for yourself. In addition, maybe consider legal advice if you have not already. ...Also, having your own business may be worth looking into.

[@anilraghu8687]

How? 20 hours for 7 days?

[@jaanu2222]

How the hell you're alive man 😅

[@souravmajumdar2915]

CEOs to employees “you have to work more so that we can buy the latest ferraris and lamborghinis and goto exotic vacations. ”

[@RDd188]

6 hrs should be enough. We r not robots neither AI

[@plutonium_guy]

It’s better to be a farmers then a cooperate majdoor

[@Priyaykanth_P]

First Pay them Fair Amount according to there Work That 70 hour work Statement given by Narayan Murthy - Infosys CEO takes 80 Crore salary every month + Top Post also takes too much money Down Level Worker doesn't get fair money according to there work Work should be of there Choice not by Compulsion (Students studied after NEP implementation will have better Choices) History cannot be changed 😮‍💨 But newer generation will get benefits of it Work Environment shouldn't be Toxic - Office Politics, Taunting, etc Efforts need to be done for Employees Traveling for work Reduce Time of Traveling Provide Residence near the Work Or Provide Work near the Rural Areas - Reduce Migration This should be done by all Businesses, Government, Politicians, Citizens, Celebrities, etc

[@zz-ly4qd]

Govt misuse all of ur tax money by giving free money to poor, instead of making road, ac train. Govt is d best enemy of d tax payers .

[@sb-us9fk]

Yes total CTC difference should not be more than 10 times , government organisations follow it there Max difference is 3 times , but in many areas they beat even heavy weight private guys like ongc , iocl, NTPC , SBI etc. ongc ceo get max 1.2 cr but it brings equal profit of RIL whose CEO get 15 Cr

[@srivasala4080]

Work for 70+ hours to make ur company more profitable. During times of recession when the jobs are scarce, your company will begin to give u giving goosebumps as they can replace you. So either submit or .... In the world of capitalism its only interests that matter.

[@TR4008]

Work 14 hours a day Work 7 days a week Die on the 8th day

[@gmanzeaden]

Sunday is off

[@robinUK87]

These kind of people must be held accountable and sentenced to jail…

[@hariiravii1]

how about Bhavish Aggarwal work 70hr as a driver to support his customers for 1 year and company middle level employee for 1 year (make sure he works for 70 hours or fire him)?

[@robertnelson9621]

Hit like it you believe these companies should be nationalised.

[@vivekra]

Let people work 40 hours per week first. The average employee does not work more than 3 - 4 hours a day.

[@kunalkamble3540]

If you not give work like balance. You need to give money

[@hiteshc2718]

Last I checked a week has 168 hours. So if Jack MA wants his employees to work 900 hours...May be he meant minutes and not hours. 😅

[@nerisalobo]

Everyone should come together and say no them on their face

[@arunkottolli]

70 hours is too less. Our farmer prime minister HD DeveGowda used to work 168 hours a week. Even in his sleep, he used to think only about his responsibility to the nation.

[@senthilkumaran0072]

We work to live , not live to work.

[@saphrzmusicpov2901]

Four people work for 6 hrs each out of 24 hrs, that way people get employed and companies can work for 24 hrs .

[@The-Celestial]

What's ironic is Bhavish himself would give up on work if he had to work for 70 hours a week from the employable age of 25.

[@goodvibes4014]

HAD A PLAN FOR BUYING OLA, NOW I WON'T. PROMISE....

[@zarthustra7]

If Infosys or Ola is a asking you to work 70 hours, it means the work is meaningless and repetitive and you will gain no skills in the process.

[@Manoj-vp5in]

Ceo ke khilaf action Lena chahiye Sarkar ko.

[@yousufshareef7610]

It is expected from these capitalists, better change the salary structure to per hour. 50 hours per week is global standard, pay over time for the 20 hours if an employee willing to work. There you go, you got 70 hours per week.

[@zz-ly4qd]

If u don't like capitalists ,why u go to them for ur bread ? Do other thing in life.

[@srikanthsv79]

​@@zz-ly4qd we work in corporates for work life balance, having our own business or shop makes us work 24/7.

[@pradeepagnel2262]

​@@zz-ly4qd yeah dude we are human being not f***king robots Increase salary per hour we will work if they want

[@zz-ly4qd]

@@pradeepagnel2262 if u had quality ,u would quit d company & find another. It's also d fault of ur co,dt if dy want more hours but pay less. U guys will marry woman who is an unskilled selfish dictator & blame everything on company is not right. Refreshment comes from home, not from soil digging, brick making offices .

[@sreeja805]

Next generation should be depressed according to them as kids will not get any attention from us because of 70 hour week.

[@JaywN0t37XGQQbwFjN]

70 hours driving is still possible but coding my mind will blast. I will do kheti instead of doing this.

[@sharpjournal]

Add more employees to compensate, rather than asking to extend.

[@auxiliasequeira8648]

Why is no one talking about double salary hikes😂

[@shamakrai3310]

The question is whether these CEOs can pay for 70hrs/week or not ?

[@brutely9718]

Hate ola maps

[@SamCouper]

Guys, let's work hard for Ambani 😂😂😂😂

[@RoshanSV-tn3bi]

I will do that when Ola Electric has slow paced culture & job security😂

[@amitabhgogoi8925]

All workers in the world should stop working for 1 month.. let them count their money...

[@pradiptamitra4702]

Why? Doesnt he want to employ more people and have 35 hoyrs per week? Greedy guys

[@brahmakhsatriya]

Means 70 hours salary. Minimum working wages. Free schooling insurance and travel

[@FunNFury]

Look at these greedy corporate ovetlords.

[@novemberalpha6023]

Sure..... Why the politicians not following suit....

[@pcaso]

Value of time is not known to these people. They want to soend time on mediocre tasks

[@ChinmayPatil23]

India have a lot of jobless people instead of overworking your current employees for the same pay, which is exploitation by the way. think of hiring more people if you have requirement. very disappointed by Narayan murthy and Bhavesh Agarwal statement these people are purely profit driven individuals with no empathy for others life shame on you.

[@madhurimishra2846]

You should work 70 hrs when on ESOP or working in your company

[@PrafullChalak]

The more employees work, the more these company's profit. Considering the salaries and health insurance benefits they provide, working long hours doesn't seem justified. If you take just two days of sick leave, they begin to question your commitment to the company.

[@ep8003]

Gone mental.

[@shyams4307]

Boycott Ola

[@vishalmishra3046]

*FAIRNESS to ALL - Fair trade between Employer and Employee getting Time vs. Money enforced by Fair Labor Laws* If law enforcement guarantees that companies have to pay more per hour of extra work after a 40-hour week due to public health risks, the same CEOs will say 40 hours are enough - which CEO of this kind, would want to share profits with the over-worked employees ? If employee-friendly laws enforce a fair balance of exchange of economic value between employer and employee then some additional cost to public-health-risk from additional-hours-of-work can be reasonable since such flexibility benefits both employee and employer *EQUALLY* . To genuinely ensure the equality of this balance, there need to be effective systems in place, that measure and regularly publish this metric so that there is *INCENTIVE* for employers (and even employees) to not mis-use this otherwise-dangerous-flexibility in the labor laws.

[@TheRainbowgary]

They can hire more people if more work needs to be done .Indian labour is not free or cheap .everything comes at a cost .

[@elitewarrior7752]

So its OLA CEO who suggested Karnataka Government to increase working hours.

[@elitewarrior7752]

14 hours a day.

[@JSRTales]

these so called ceos working for themselves and their company its different than others working for their company 😢

[@goyalsachin22]

People need to leave these companies to set an example. work life balance matter (Family, hobbies, mental health). He may not have any of it.

[@shettigarrammohan2201]

These politicians can't even make government employees to come on time for work shift and then they expect private employee to work for 14Hr. Sorry this won't happen. They might have done this during licence Raj but not at this era.

[@anilraghu8687]

How did you anticipate Karnataka increasing working hours?

[@debarshidutta349]

Tax the farmers . Country gets money No need of fancy policies

[@indumoorikoushik7893]

Yeah pay us hourly as they pay in other developed countries we too will work

[@mintooroy5277]

Actually Bhavish Aggarwal trying to be friend with Narayan Murthy. There are many other alternatives to do friendship like go have drinks together,rather than advising such kind of bullshit to today's gen.

[@Thirdeye-secondtongue]

70 hours work hours per week means the ola employees will also fail like ola scoowters in future 😂 Guys like narayanamoorthy and bhavish were aborn at wrong country in wrong time they would have became great slace owners in erstwhile america

[@voidMainReturnZero]

People running businesses work over 100 hrs a week.

[@anitha2053]

im running over my laptop along with me over 120 hrs a week .

[@komalprakash6789]

So if companies ask people to work for 14 hours then people should ask companies to give 99.99% of their profits to them. Will the companies agree. This is the problem with capitalism. In a wink they turn crony and colonize people. Its the duty of people to elect leaders who can keep the companies in check. Not the ones who sleep with them. They say companies will leave but they never will because india has a huge domestic market. If one service provider leaves another wil fill the gap. Don't bowdown to corporates.

[@waseemgoog]

It can only benefits the owenr not employee.. 😂

[@ryanracer-ud8dp]

what about 1000 hours a day

[@anilraghu8687]

Yes work 70 hours IF your Salary is above one crore

[@AZ-pg8vd]

let these rascals pay 5 times more salary and pay my insurance bills. With the pathetic pay they want people to work more as well compared to other countries

[@mygame4451]

Narayan can work for 100 hrs.. f h

[@netra538]

Lets boycott ola

[@upadhyaya_ji12]

Ambitious goals often require extraordinary commitment.👍🏻

[@lakshmikrithika2521]

Not when you’re working for somebody to double their salary not ours

[@Brodragon2225]

@@lakshmikrithika2521 maybe if you have esop

[@Doc-hp5wf]

Exactly ​@@lakshmikrithika2521

[@swagotoadhya8963]

Govt must intervene, kya hmara sarkar gunga bayra ha ???

[@Janardhan45]

Tel ur uncle to work

[@SAPCareers2025]

They treat employees as slaves😂😂😂

[@mrash8856]

doctors warn of heart attack when we doctors ourselves work way more than 70 hour per week especially in india for shit pay compared to hard work and time we put into this profession and with no work life balance and extreme burnout yet nobody stand for supporting work life balance for doctors haha what a contradictory time to be alive

[@rajatraj3160]

most of developer work even after going home, they are big liar, they want developer sit on office work 14 hours, but it will back fire, because then developer will not available statuary and Sunday in emergency case or in rapid development, because your already exhaust them

[@simbahosur]

Deloitte employees 😂

[@SHANTIDEVI-ee9qs]

I don't want ruin my life for so called future generation.

[@nerisalobo]

Same

[@mayur_machhi]

New age exploiters.

[@ep8003]

Time for capitalism to take a back seat if this is what the CEO's think. Mixed Economy best for all after this type of views. When we had mixed economy the capitalist were ready to give you better life. Now I think too much of capitalism around so people talk whatever they want.

[@MohammadAli-wz6du]

Corporate Greed.

[@latebloomermusic]

He wants discount from Infosys

[@RESPONSEFROMnetizen]

Race to be Indian Elonmusk. Then you die Ceos . Not even elon do this to his employees. Is this colonial era. File complaints on them.

[@AK-mm5by]

Boycott ola, boycott Infosys

[@tejasmeshram1074]

Paisa kamane ke chakkar mein insaniyat hi bhul gaye

[@SushobhanSamanta]

Will the company make us billionaires too... Capitalism is cashing on peoples life now, and that too infront of everyone's face. They are cashing in and we are just celebrating 😅. By reading history what I understand we will again go back to the Salvery times to fulfill the ambitious pockets of these billionaires in the name of PRODUCTIVITY.

[@161S-w6w]

Make two 6 hour shifts...that way you will get 12 hrs of work a day. 9-4 and then 5-11.... And then change shifts every 3 months. But i dont know if this is a good idea

[@sb-us9fk]

We should drop ola and take uber and don't buy crap ola bikes

[@nimittchauhan9652]

Bhavish bhai tu krle kaam, humari family bhi h. Tmhare jese priviledged logo ki we have enough.

[@SahilSethiKing]

Phele bhudda pagal hua tha aab ye loddu

[@komalprakash6789]

If employee can work for 14 hours then sell ola bikes for 100 rs. This will reduce transportation cost and improve the growth of the nation. And make our country a developed one.

[@PrateekThakur-j7c]

Aap hume bohot inspire karte ho Bhavish sir.🙌

[@kunalkamble3540]

Ola kyu bola😂re

[@jaanu2222]

Le me laying down on my bed , chilling like i am a wealthy man 😅

[@prempunjabi13]

Keeping all important things in mind. I propose 26-hour work per day !!!

[@Ranjit_chakraborty12]

Innovation and growth often require sacrifices.

[@akshay3143]

Not at the expense of health

[@luffywest]

Aap karlo kaam 100 hours/week. Koi nhi rok rah.

[@shamakrai3310]

But sacrifice is of profits not salary

[@Doc-hp5wf]

What is wealth? Health is wealth?

[@DeepakDubey-zm2jx]

Bhavish Aggarwal's stance reflects his dedication to success.

[@nerisalobo]

Yeah we'll turn him into a failure then, bloody advocate of slavery