Since the company leaders promote a longer working week, an economic survey 2024-25 alerted: Excessive working hours may have a serious mental health tax.
A survey that quoted global studies stressed that work more than 60 hours a week can lead to significant health risks, and those who are in their tables show a “desperate” level of mental well -being. These findings will arrive in the middle of a steep debate on a 70-90-hour working week that distributed the Indian business community.
Economic survey referred to the study of the Human Brain Center and the Mind Sapien Labs and strengthened this long hours on the table, which damages mental health. “Individuals who spend 12 or more hours at the table have desperate/fighting levels of well -being, with a mental score of well -being by approximately 100 points than those who spend less or annual hours at the table,” the survey recorded.
In addition to mental health, it was also found that culture in the workplace and lifestyle affects productivity. The survey showed that stronger relationships in the workplace and a better sense of work could reduce the losses of the working day by 2-3 days a month. On the contrary, poor relations in the field of management and pride in the workplace were associated with increased absence.
Nevertheless, the survey recognized that productivity is influenced by several factors, which warns that even in organizations with strong managerial relations will lose an average of five working days per month. He also stressed data on the World Health Organization (WHO), which also stressed that depression and anxiety lead to a global loss of 12 billion working days a year, which is an economic intervention of $ 1 trillion. “In terms of rupee, it is projected at approximately 7,000 GBP per day,” he added.
The survey finds as a result of the notes of industry leaders who advocate an extended working week. Larsen & Toubro chairman of the SN Sn Subrahmanyan recently proposed a 90 -hour working week and claims that employees should work on Sunday rather than “sit at home”. His comments were repeated by such views of the co -founder of Infosys Narayany Murty, who designed a 70 -hour working week, and Adani Gautam Adani, who joked that digestion too much time could lead to marital discord.
However, the requirements for exhausting plans met the resistance from the corporate world. The chairman of the RPG Harsh Group warned that excessive working hours lead to burnout, not to success. Mahindra's chairman Anand Mahindra also pushed back and said productivity should be preferred during working hours. ITC LTD President Sanjiv Puri further emphasized the importance of authorizing employees rather than measuring their value of time spent.
The debate is not unique to India. In China, infamous “996 culture” – where employees work from 9:00 to 21:00, six days a week – faced a growing control. An economic survey concluded that if India hopes to achieve its economic goals, it must deal with the choice of an early phase lifestyle. Toxic work culture and excessive lessons, as he warned, could eventually prevent the country's economic growth.
