Work-Life Balance par Radhika Gupta ke Views
Edelweiss Mutual Fund ki CEO aur Managing Director Radhika Gupta ne recently ek podcast mein work-life balance aur hustle culture par apne views share kiye. Unhone kaha ki aisi conversations aksar male experiences se shape hoti hain aur working women ki challenges ko poori tarah se reflect nahi karti hain.
Working Women ki Challenges
Bombay Shaving Company ke CEO Shantanu Deshpande ke saath ‘The BarberShop with Shantanu’ podcast mein baat karte hue Gupta ne kaha ki work-life balance ki discussions mein aksar women ki day-to-day responsibilities ko overlook kiya jata hai, especially mothers ki responsibilities ko jo apne professional roles ke saath manage karti hain.
Gupta ne kaha ki working women jo mothers hain, woh “100-120 hours a week kaam karti hain, bina kisi debate ke.” Unhone underline kiya ki kaise working women ke invisible labour ko aksar nazarandaz kiya jata hai.
Gender Biases
Gupta ne gender biases par bhi baat ki. Unhone kaha, “One of the reasons mujhe yeh work-life debate unfair lagta hai woh yeh hai ki yeh mostly men se aata hai. Shayad mujhe troll kiya jayega iske liye, lekin hustle culture for women bahut different hai.”
CEO aur Mother ki Dual Role
Gupta ne apne personal experience ke baare mein bhi bataya. Unhone kaha, “Before I go to a board meeting, nanny mujhe batati hai ki diapers khatam ho gaye hain, toh main online order karti hoon aur phir OTP ke liye cranky hoti hoon. This is reality.”
Unhone Infosys ke Co-founder Narayana Murthy aur L&T chairman SN Subrahmanyan ke comments par bhi react kiya. Gupta ne kaha, “All the comments about ‘let’s work weekends’, ‘let’s work 70 hours a week’, ‘90 hours a week’… I’ve never seen one of these comments made by a woman, because we know it’s not possible.”
Time ki Kami
Gupta ne kaha ki itni high-ranking position aur resources hone ke baad bhi unke liye apne liye time nikalna mushkil hai. Unhone kaha, “Someone asked me in a previous interview, ‘What do you do to be fit?’ I don’t have time! I have a child, but I don’t have time. So, all the anti-work-life balance comments come from men. Now, troll me for it.”
Workforce Data
Goldman Sachs ki India Womenomics Report ke according, Indian workforce mein women ki participation men se significantly kam hai. Is gap ka main reason hai caregiving duties mein unka disproportionate share. Time Use Survey 2024 ke according, Indian women har din average 5 hours domestic aur caregiving responsibilities par spend karti hain, jo men ke 37 minutes se 8 times zyada hai.
2023 mein, women ne MSCI India companies mein sirf 16% workforce account kiya, jismein executive level par representation 8% tak drop ho gaya aur company boards par 18% tak pahunch gaya.
