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L&T CMD S. N. Subramaniam has been embroiled in controversies after his ‘advice to come to office and work even on Sundays’. He says, ‘I am sad that I am not able to call you to office on Sunday. For how long will the wife’s mouth…read more

L&T CMD S. N. Subrahmanyam was asked ‘Why don’t you give leave on Saturday’
L&T chairman comments on 90 hour work week: Among the employees struggling for work-life balance and mental health, S., CMD of engineering and construction company L&T. N. Subramaniam’s statement remains a topic of discussion. Answering the question ‘Why don’t you give leave on Saturday?’, Subramaniam Saheb even said that ‘I am sad that I am not able to make you work on Sunday’. Actress Deepika Padukone has also condemned his controversial statement on ‘such words from such a big man’. But do you know that the chairman who advises employees to work 90 hours a week takes 500 times more salary than his average employee.
L&T CMD S. N. Subrahmanyam was asked that your company is the face of India’s business world, yet why are you making the employees in L&T work even on Saturdays? In response to this, S.N. Subramaniam said, ‘I am sorry that I am not able to call you to office on Sunday. To be honest, if you work even on Sunday, you will be happier. What will you do sitting at home? How long will you see your wife’s face, how long will your wife see your face. Come-on, come to office and work.
Subramaniam did not stop here, he also gave an example in his father’s style, ‘I recently met a Chinese person. He told me that we can defeat America any time. Because Americans work 50 hours a week and we work 90 hours. I was moved by his answer. I also have the same answer to you. If you want to become big in the world, you will also have to do a lot of work.
Sir has taken a salary of Rs 51 crore
It is possible that after listening to CMD sir, you may get very excited and you may also support his claim, so before that you should know some things about him. The Economic Times According to the annual report of Larsen & Toubro for FY 24, it has been informed that SN Subramanian has taken a total salary of Rs 51 crore in the last financial year. He has got an increment of 43.11% in his own company as compared to last year. Of the compensation that SN Subramanian gets, his basic salary is Rs 3.6 crore, whereas last year he only collected a commission of Rs 35.28 crore.
500 times difference in salary of employees
Let us now tell you how many rupees Subramanian Babu is distributing in the name of salary to those employees who want to make them work even on Sundays. It has been revealed in the annual report that the average salary of the company’s employees, excluding the board of directors and key managerial employees, was Rs 9,77,099. This is only about men. For women this average is even lower. For female employees, the average salary was Rs 6,76,867.