China 9-9-6 Work Culture: There was a debate about working hours and work culture in India two years ago when Infosys founder Narayana Murthy advised Indian youth to work 70 hours a week. Once again, in an interview given to a private television channel, he cited China’s 9-9-6 model. Narayana Murthy said that if the country wants to progress and compare itself with a developed economy like China, then Indian youth will have to increase their working hours.

In such a situation, it is important to know which Chinese working model 9-9-6 is the example of which Narayana Murthy is advising the Indian youth to learn.

What is 9-9-6 work model?

In fact, in the 9-9-6 model that Chinese tech companies are adopting, employees have been asked to work from 9 am to 9 pm and for six consecutive days a week. This makes 72-hour work weeks. However, in most countries the working hours are between 40 to 48.

This work model was quite popular in China at a time when tech companies Alibaba and Huawei were growing rapidly. The logic behind this was that long working hours are necessary to create world class products and stay ahead in global competition. Its supporters argue that due to the 9-9-6 work model, China has achieved tremendous growth in the year 2010.

Whereas, critics have completely opposite opinion and they say that this has increased stress among people and the lifestyle has become unhealthy.

Why is there chaos?

However, when complaints against this work culture increased, then in the year 2021, the Supreme Court of China declared it illegal. However, reports suggest that this model is still being worked on informally in many companies.

Nayaran Murthy said during the interview that India is still far behind China in economic matters. He said that China’s economy is about six times bigger than India’s. In such a situation, cooperation is being expected from all sections in a disciplined manner.

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China 9-9-6 Working Formula: Two years ago, Infosys founder Narayana Murthy had given a statement regarding the working hours of Indians, after which he was criticized a lot. He had said that Indians should work 70 hours a week to contribute to the progress of the country. Now once again he has supported his old statement and for this has given the example of neighboring country China.

In a recent interview, he cited China’s work culture ‘9-9-6 model’ and said that the youth need to work for a long time to move India forward.

What is China’s 9-9-6 model?

The ‘9-9-6 work rule’ has been common in many Chinese tech companies, under which employees are expected to work from 9 am to 9 pm, six days a week. That means a total of 72 hours of work a week. This model became very popular in companies like Alibaba and Huawei.

However, it has also been heavily criticized due to lack of work-life balance and increasing stress. Later in the year 2021, the Supreme Court of China declared the 9-9-6 model illegal, although according to reports, it is still in force in many places.

Narayana Murthy has been criticized

While talking to a private TV channel, Narayan Murthy said that India’s economic growth rate is 6.5 percent, which is fine, but China’s economy is almost six times bigger than India’s. In such a situation, active participation of all sections of the society is necessary.

He also said that the youth should focus on their career before worrying about work-life balance. Earlier in the year 2023 also, he had advocated working for 70 hours for nation building and now he has repeated the same statement and given the example of China.

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