A Manpower Group study points out that Indian millennials on an average work 52 hours per week, against the 41 hours of Australians and the 44 hours of French millennials. “If someone has done less than the stipulated work hours, that catches attention fairly quickly and corrective measures are taken. They implicitly encourage the stretch.”Many employers feel with the rise in flexi-working, virtual offices and the gradual decline in the 9-to-5 work culture, ‘working hours’ as a concept is blurring. Says Shantanu Das, chief human resources officer, Amway India, “In my view, the concept of work hours is passé. Today, Indian organisations are moving towards a flexible work culture where productivity is no longer a linear function of number of hours clocked at the workplace.

Source: dna January 25, 2018 02:48 UTC