'No Work After 6 Pm': Viral Video Of Ousted Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan Advocating Work-Life Balance Creates Buzz

(MENAFN- Live Mint) The abrupt departure of Laxman Narasimha from Starbucks Corporation was followed by the appointment of Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol as the new CEO of the global coffee chain. After the announcement, an old video of Narsimhan shedding light on his disciplined work-life balance resurfaced on the internet and went viral. In an interview for Fortune Magazine, Laxman Narasimhan shared that he is very disciplined about his work-life balance and that he“doesn't work after 6 pm.”

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“I am very disciplined about balance. It is anything after 6 pm, and if I am in town then it's got to be a pretty high bar to keep me away from family,” said Laxman Narasimhan in the video that has been widely shared on social media lately.

Starbucks recently announced that it is replacing its current CEO, Laxman Narasimhan, with Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol. Starbucks didn't reveal the details about Narasimhan's departure. According to a Bloomberg report, Narasimhan's departure is another case of a record rise in the number of CEO ousters at US companies.

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The video has been widely shared on the internet and has garnered myriad social media reactions.

“Now it makes sense why Starbucks would be so eager to replace the CEO. I don't know him personally, but in that role, to put a 6 pm hard limit (aside from anything else) is sufficient, unfortunately,” wrote a social media user on X.

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The post with Narasimhan's video shared by TripleNetInvest has garnered nearly 1.6 million views and thousands of comments.

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