The chairman of Larsen & Toubro, SN Subrahmanyan, has come under fire for saying that employees should work 90 hours a week.

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    Subrahmanyan replied that he regrets not being able to make his employees work on Sunday too.

    “I regret I am not able to make you work on Sundays. If I can make you work on Sundays, I will be more happy, because I work on Sundays,” Subrahmanyan was heard saying in an undated video that has emerged on Reddit. “What do you do sitting at home? How long can you stare at your wife?” the chairman of Larsen & Toubro asked. “Come on, get to the office and start working.”

    Subrahmanyan further gave the example of his interaction with a Chinese person who claimed China can beat the United States of America. Asked why that is, the Chinese man claimed that Chinese people work 90 hours a week, while Americans work only 50 hours a week.

    “So that’s the answer for you. If you have got to be on top of the world… You have to work 90 hours a week. Get going, guys. Come on,” he said.