Do my MBB peeps who transitioned from a Big 4 firm notice a difference in the hours they work? Is it substantially more hours, or roughly the same?

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And 8pm being a late night vs 8pm being an early night is a big difference

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Troll or ur serious? @d1

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More. I was pretty efficient at my big 4 job so doing 45-50 moderately paced hours when I left. Call it 50 if you include the spikes. Now pushing 60 regularly when staffed.

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I moved from ACN. Definitely more hours on the high end. Maybe 5-10 more on average/week

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@op it's on the cusp. You definitely notice a spike

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So @b1 + @b2 , it's still managable, huh? You're able to maintain some w/l balance?

Deloitte pays the most per hours worked

Well nvm if they're working more for less pay than that makes perfect sense @d1

@bcg1 what were you doing before at big 4?

Focused on post merger integration work

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