Dehradun, Sept. 3 -- whether economic growth should be driven by stretching work hours (endurance) or optimising output per hour (efficiency). While India's corporate history has traditionally celebrated endurance-framing exhaustion as a rite of passage-a growing workforce crisis, characterised by severe employee burnout, is forcing a shift toward prioritising sustainable labour productivity over sheer stamina.
The Indian employment landscape is currently divided between two distinct operational philosophies: The Endurance Dimension Model and the Productivity Model.
Prominent corporate figures in India have frequently sparked public debate by advocating for 70-to-90-hour workweeks to accelerate national growth. However, macroeconomic rese...