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L&T chairman SN Subrahmanyan paid ₹51 crore as salary in FY24, while median salary of employees was…

L&T's SN Subrahmanyan earned ₹51 crore in FY24, sparking outrage with his comments urging employees to work longer hours. Public criticism highlights work-life balance concerns.

L&T chairman SN Subrahmanyan paid ₹51 crore as salary in FY24, while median salary of employees was…

L&T chairman SN Subrahmanyan paid ₹51 crore as salary in FY24, while median salary of employees was…
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10 Jan 2025 2:49 PM IST

Larsen & Toubro President SN Subrahmanyan took home a total payment of ₹ 51 crore in 2023- 24. According to The New Indian Express, Subrahmanyan’s payment is 534.57 times the median payment of the workers of L&T chairman salary. His remuneration for 2023- 24 included a base payment of ₹ 3.6 crore, ₹ 1.67 crore as prerequisites and ₹ 35.28 crore as commission. He also entered withdrawal benefits of ₹ 10.5 crore, bringing the aggregate to ₹ 51 crore.

“I lament I'm not suitable to make you work on Sundays. However, I'll be happier, because I work on Sundays, If I can make you work on Sundays. “What do you do sitting at home? How long can you gawk at your woman? How long can the woman gawk at hubby? ” he continued.

The reflections came during a recent hand commerce when SN Subrahmanyan was asked why L&T workers are still anticipated to work on Saturdays, rather of the standard five- day work week followed at most other companies. Subrahmanyan gave the illustration of the Chinese, who work 90 hours a week. “So that’s the answer for you. You have to work 90 hours a week. Get going, guys. Come on, ” he said.

His reflections caused massive outrage online, with celebrities like Deepika Padukone and billionaires like Harsh Goenka criticising him. Besides the more prominent voices, thousands of social media druggies also criticised the president of L&T, noting that he earned much further than an average hand and thus didn't have to worry about ménage liabilities, leaving him free to spend time at work.

“ Those hardworking people who work for your employee backlash do not have 7 to 8 retainers to do the pending jobs piling up at home like washing clothes, drawing buses , taking their kiddies for a movie, or clearing their dubieties, or just simply drawing out a cupboard or getting a hairstyle, ” wrote an X stoner who goes by the name Dr Poornima.

work-life balance employee remuneration L&T chairman salary family life employee backlash Larsen & Toubro 
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