Jan 14, 2025 03:20 PM IST
Sanjiv Puri, chairman and MD of ITC Restricted, stated the corporate would “rather not put a number to the work hours at ITC.”
Sharing his views on the “90-hour work week” assertion by Larsen & Tourbo chairman SN Subrahmanyan, ITC Restricted boss Sanjiv Puri on Tuesday stated ITC would need staff to be part of the corporate’s journey, relatively than calculating the “variety of hours put in by them.”
ITC Limited chairman Sanjiv Puri (File Photo/ANI)
Puri, when asked if he would rather not put a number to the work hours at ITC, replied, “We would not do that.”
Further, he stated that ITC, a cigarettes-to-consumer goods conglomerate from Kolkata, has a a flexible work environment, including work from home twice a week.
“So it’s not so much about, you know, really monitoring each individual’s number of hours. It’s more about enabling individuals, helping them to actualise their potential, and then reviewing what goals people have achieved,” Sanjiv Puri added.
What is the controversy?
In a remark which has drawn reactions from the likes of Anand Mahindra, Harsh Goenka, Adar Poonawalla, and Deepika Padukone, among others, L&T chairman SN Subrahmanyan recently stated he “regrets” he can’t make employees work on Sundays.
“What do you do sitting at home? How long can you stare at your wife?” he asked.
“If you have got to be on top of the world.. You have to work 90 hours a week. Get going, guys,” Subrahmanyan noted.
Employees of L&T, a multi-billion dollar conglomerate, work on Saturdays.
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