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Very few people actually do this on a regular basis. But 70/50/50/70 is still bad.
No one really does this on a "regular" basis. 50 weeks of even 60h is 3000h a year which very very few hit. But some of us do this once or twice a month many though not most months - that's about the realistic ceiling.
And um... it sucks haha. But your pain tolerance goes up and also as you get senior your billing efficiency goes up since you can drive pace, arent just reacting. So i sleep as much in 70h weeks as i did in 55h weeks aa a junior - not enough but not the dangerously little i slept in 70h weeks as a junior!
10-midnight Monday through Friday and a another ten over the weekend isn’t unusual for bankers or people in big law. Easy to hit 80. If you’re live and in diligence or near closing on something and you’re there til 2 or 3 and pulling a 10-6 both weekend days you’re hitting near 100.
Social life definitely takes a hit.
Have to be disciplined about sleep and exercise and nutrition otherwise your health can deteriorate pretty quickly.
How is this acceptable to anyone in these positions or those supervising them? It boggles my mind that there are people willing to work these hours and bosses willing to put their employees through such a health-deteriorating schedule. This shouldn’t be the “usual”.
They’re ready to have no life.