India, March 1 -- Sergey Brin, one of the people who started the Big Tech firm Google, has advocated that employees at his company work 60 hours each week. Adding to the already simmering debate that has recently been grabbing headlines in India, Brin conveyed his thoughts in an internal memo to employees.

According to The New York Times, Brin said Google would lead the industry in artificial general intelligence (AGI) if employees worked harder.

At first appearing somewhat reasonable, he recommended that employees must be in the office "at least every weekday". However, he went on to add that "60 hours a week is the sweet spot of productivity".

Google's current return-to-office policy mandates employees to work in the office at least ...