Are all consulting firms principal /partner ranks full of people who "live to work?" I feel like my coworkers have lost the plot - they work 16 hour days and weekends, don't prioritize their personal relationships, never see their kids, never disconnect on vacations, and then judge / critize others for not doing the same.

Everyone who "works to live" has basically left the firm over the years - and I feel like I'm the only one left.

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Took you this long to figure it out?

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Are you in an up-or-out situation? If yes, your life is going to change regardless. You just have a “default” change if you stay and you need to find another option that you like more.

If not up-or-out, maybe chill out at your current level for a while?

Hi there fellow principal 👋
Question for yourself is why is it creeping (obviously haha) ?
Do you accept too many engagements from the top? Do you spend a lot of time with your teams to coach them? Do you go the extra mile for that one more proposal?

My personal experience is that it’s one of the most flexibile jobs out there but you need to clearly set your boundaries and choose what you want to spend time on early on.

I’m on average working 50-55h per week with peaks sometimes which are mostly because I like to spend time in the trenches with my teams to develop them. I could just pilot them from “up there” and it wouldn’t change anything to my performance rating nor bonus, I just like that aspect of the job more than the rest.
Which also goes to your point of being “the last man standing”: did you start building your pyramid of people who share similar values with you?

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K1 you’re a kearney principal that works 50 hours a week? Is this NA? What practice?

Idk half of my PPMD just take calls from exotic locations and rely on their teams and peers in other offerings to bring them more work

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Hope the days are us over of try-hard workaholics shaming people for seeing their kids grow up.
Time to have some real priorities. If there are still people with no life outside work who want to work around the clock, great, just leave the rest of us alone.

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Once the boomers all retire it’ll change

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Pretty sure you just need to live to sell. If you're working, you're doing it wrong

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wow

It’s the stereotype for a reason.

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