With Elon Musk turns the debate on extreme work weeks thanks to his latest remarks on government employees who have made the weekend, Nilesh Shah of Kotak Mahindra AMC wondered if the Tesla chief will be confronted with the same Reaction that the president of L&T SN Subramanyan (SNS) and the co-founder of L&T Narayana Murthy (NRM)-or will he simply be congratulated “because he is Elon Musk?”
Writing on X (formerly Twitter), Shah underlined how Musk’s comments could trigger a reaction similar to that confronted by Motherthy to plead a week of 70 -hour work and a subramanyan for having suggested a week of 90 -hour work. “It will be interesting to see how people react to this comment. Will he have memes like NRM and SNS, or will he get appreciation because he is Elon Musk? He wrote.
The debate started when Musk responded to an article on X on the rhythm of reforms of the US Energy Ministry, commenting: “Very little in the bureaucracy really work on weekends, so it’s like the team opposing left the field for 2 days! Working on weekends is a superpower ”.
A user joked: “It is difficult to be a parent and work on weekends. At least for normal people without nannies or jets. Another wrote: “Imagine not to present yourself on the weekend. I couldn’t be me. Meanwhile, some have rejected the taking of Musk, saying: “Can you imagine a company where everyone works seven days a week?” There is more in life than work. »»
While Elon Musk did not directly comment on the 90 -hour work week, an old post 2018 resurfaced in the middle of the reactions against the remarks of Subramananan. At the time, Musk said: “No one has ever changed the world with 40 hours a week.”
Encouraging people to join Tesla, SpaceX, Boring Company and Neuralink, Musk said: “There are easier places to work, but if you like what you do, that (especially) does not want to work. “” Asked about the “correct” number of hours to really have an impact, Musk replied: “Varies per person, but about 80 supported, culminating compared to 100 sometimes.”
Given the general criticisms to which Mounthy and Subramanyan to defend the longer work hours, Shah’s question occupies the front of the scene-Musk’s vision on “working weekends as superpowers” will go -It a similar outrage, or will it escape criticism because of his cult follow-up?
While the commentary of the 70 -hour work week from Murthy led to days of reaction and memes, and that the 90 -hour subramanyan work week’s remark met with strong opposition, Musk’s comments often attract Admiration rather than criticism. It remains to be seen if this time will be different.
