Rishi Sunak has been quite active since he left his job as Prime Minister of the UK. His work ethic has become the focus of a lot of internet jokes. The former investment banker, who was well-known for his high-profile profession before entering politics, has taken on many advisory positions. He has just added a new job to his busy schedule: writing a regular column for The Sunday Times.
Sunak’s LinkedIn page says that he is now a Senior Adviser to the investment bank Goldman Sachs, the IT giant Microsoft, and the premier AI company Anthropic. His most recent job as a newspaper columnist has led to a flood of jokes on social media, mostly about his relationship with his renowned father-in-law.
The Link to Narayana Murthy
People are interested in Sunak’s busy work schedule because he is related to Narayana Murthy, who co-founded Infosys. Murthy is known for strongly supporting a strict 70-hour work week, which social media users have jokingly connected to Sunak’s busy job search.
A lot of jokes are based on the premise that Sunak is doing a lot of different things to get his father-in-law’s favor. “Being NRN’s son-in-law is hard,” said X user Sanjeev. To impress his father-in-law and stay married after losing his government position, the man is working ten different jobs. Someone else said, “How many jobs is he going to take just to make his father-in-law happy?” putting a lot of emphasis on the fast pace. Someone made a funny comment about how Sunak was “trying to impress Father in Law even after 16 years of marriage.”
The “Most Employed Man”
In addition to the family jokes, Sunak’s long resume has led to jokes online calling him “the most employed man on the block.” People joke about how quickly he gets new jobs, with one X user saying, “I open Twitter and this man gets a new job.”
Some people joked about how his hiring spree may affect the economy as a whole. One person said, “How can the UK job market recover when Rishi keeps grabbing everything that pops up?” A third individual joked about the future of technology, saying, “At this rate, Rishi Sunak will take more jobs than AI.” This was because he had so many advising and media jobs.