Narayana Murthy's 70-Hr Week Push To EY Tragedy — How Work-Life Balance Dominated The 2024 Discourse

Work-life balance can be defined as the shunning of ‘hustle culture’. Its critics and supporters have been equally vocal, fuelling a debate that is bound to go on for years. 

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From Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy expressing his disdain for the concept, to Swiggy Food Marketplace CEO Rohit Kapoor speaking in support of it, and countless LinkedIn posts discussing its pros and cons, work-life balance became a major talking point in 2024. Reports of people dying because of “toxic” work demands — including the high-profile case of a young EY employee — added an urgency to the discussion. Work-life balance can be defined as the shunning of