Bengaluru Man Advices Employees To 'Marry Your Colleague' For Work-Life Balance, The Internet Reacts

Today’s working generation is no stranger to the daily struggle of maintaining a work-life balance, a challenge that has only intensified with the rise of remote work. Hustle culture has become the modern norm, with long hours, back-to-back meetings, and the pressure to always be ‘on’. Amid all this chaos, a Bengaluru man has come up with a tongue-in-cheek solution to achieving the perfect balance between personal and professional lives. 

Bengaluru man offers modern solution for work-life-balance

Harshit Mahawar is a Bengaluru-based stand-up comedian who often speaks out on the struggles of today’s corporate employees on his social media. As a former marketing professional, Harshit is no stranger to the grind that employees face in keeping up with the fast-paced, work-obsessed lifestyle, which even makes the much-deserved rest feel like a guilty pleasure. The comedian’s recent post on LinkedIn has taken the internet by storm, where he found a rather unconventional solution to striking the perfect work-life-balance. In his now-viral post, Harshit wrote:

“Jobs in India are broken. Hustle in job, no time to talk to family; Quit your job, family stops talking to you, Lose-Lose situation. My solution: Marry a colleague. It has several benefits: Cab expenses reduced by half, Work from home = Work from office, Flirt on MS Teams during boring calls, No scope for extra-martial affair at work, Can refer children twice in the company for the same role. Have you married any of your colleagues yet? Achieve work-life balance by erasing the boundary today!”

The Internet reacts to Harshit’s ‘solution’

It did not take long for the post to gain attention. So far, Harshit’s post has garnered more than 14,500 reactions, over 650 comments, and more than 80 reposts. The post sparked a wave of reactions from social media users, many amused by the offbeat idea, while others debated its practicality, but with a dash of humour. Netizens flooded the comment section with their views on the same. One user quipped, “Why not stay in office? Then rent and parking would be free. Electricity and water bill would be free as well”, another wrote, “Marry somebody and hire them in your team. Get referral bonus too”. 

Some users played along with Mahawar’s logic, saying, “If you’re married to your teammate, you can escalate personal fights to your reporting manager”. One user even took a sly dig at Infosys CEO, Narayana Murthy’s controversial ‘70-hour-work-week’ remark and wrote that this was “The only way we can achieve 70 Hours work week”.

The rising issue of hustle culture

Even though Bengaluru-based Harshit Mahawar’s post was made in jest, the harsh reality of hustle culture has sparked serious concern, especially in light of recent events. The corporate world faced massive backlash after 26-year-old chartered accountant, Anna Sebastian Perail tragically passed away, reportedly due to excessive work stress. Shockingly, Anna had joined her ‘dream company’, Ernst & Young India, only four months prior. Her death is part of a growing trend highlighting the alarming toll of a toxic work culture on employees' health and work-life balance.

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