Founder shares how a young employee changed his views on long working hours: ‘She refused to work after 6:30 pm’

A Delhi-based founder has shared how a young employee he hired changed his views on long working hours and workplace productivity.The founder shared how one employee changed his views on long working hours and workplace productivity. (Representational image/Unsplash)In a LinkedIn post, Kanan Bahl, the founder of Fingrowth Media, admitted that he had earlier believed that employees who strictly worked the clock were not of much use. However, he said that one employee changed his perspective.”I hired a young CFA. She refused to work for even a minute after 6:30 p.m. Earlier, I was of the impression that those who work the clock are of no good use. They never do any good work. But she was different,” Bahl wrote in the LinkedIn post.He said that the young employee hardly took tea or coffee breaks, did not waste time in banter during office hours and hardly spoke to anyone during office hours unless it was about work.Bahl said that the employee was able to accomplish more in her 9-hour workday than many people who spent around 13 hours at work. “She was doing more work in 9 hours than most people who were clocking 13 hours a day,” he wrote.Bahl also revealed that he routinely tested candidates during interviews asking whether they would be willing to work 14-15 hours a day for several weeks. However, he said he was glad that he forgot to ask the young CFA that question during her interview.”You can do great at your job even if you work the clock. You need to be focused and disciplined,” Bahl concluded.(Also Read: