L&T chairman SN Subrahmanyan will survive this controversy because this is India, where we have a ‘chalta-hai’ attitude. In the West, he would have been forced to apologise or resign.
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Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.
L&T was shameless enough to double down in support of their Chairman. Also, the HR Head, a lady, came out strongly in support of this Chairman vouching for his concern and care for employee well-being and work-life balance.
The fact that this kind of a person was promoted through the corporate ladder in L&T and is now the Chairman speaks volumes about the work culture at L&T. One can imagine how painful a boss he must have been all along to his subordinates.
The inaction of the Board, to the adverse publicity L&T has garnered, is a sorry story in itself.
L&T was shameless enough to double down in support of their Chairman. Also, the HR Head, a lady, came out strongly in support of this Chairman vouching for his concern and care for employee well-being and work-life balance.
The fact that this kind of a person was promoted through the corporate ladder in L&T and is now the Chairman speaks volumes about the work culture at L&T. One can imagine how painful a boss he must have been all along to his subordinates.