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What’s stopping you from working more reasonable hours?
Delegate and/or set boundaries
I just concluded a 1 year job search this week. Ended up at a consulting firm again.
What department, function, and level are you where 80+ hours is needed. I had two jobs in my 30’s that did this to me also. Looking back it wasn’t worth it. Others skated by and got promoted. They didn’t want to lose me at current level because I was to valuable ( I.e. I was the sucker). So don’t be me.
At one point I hit someone at a light driving home after the 3rd 20+ hour shift. HR completely freaked out and all hell broke loose on the Director. I enjoyed watching that.
Even at a Big 4, 80 hour weeks year round is unusual. For periods of time, yes you might have to, but year round is unusual? Something is off with your project or department. It is likely you can bring your hours down to a regular 50-60 hours a week escalating diplomatically internally or setting boundaries about capacity and time availability.
Please don’t interpret this as being rude, but is there some exaggerating of the total amount of hours you are actually working. 80 hours in the office is not 80 hours working.
Not rude at all! Multiple projects in a row that are understaffed to scope or client expectations. Have talked to others in the practice and seems to be a widely experienced issue everywhere right now (won’t say the practice but tech advisory). I do my best to delegate but on these engagements specifically I know that everyone on my team is stretched just as thin. Have spoken to partners, DLs, etc, and while 80 is not the expectation it is the reality right now.
80 is absurd. But 60 is the sweet spot and good job security if you are consistently billing.
Damn how much are they paying you and what level are you at
Try moving internally if external moves are difficult / the job market is tough. See where you can develop a different skillset and have better work-life balance and then use that to apply again.
If you’ve been applying for 6+ months and not getting interviews you’re doing something wrong. You’re either applying for roles above your experience, have a poorly written resume not catered to the job description, or you’re just firing resumes to LinkedIn postings and hoping for the best.
You need to network with people in companies you want to apply to and get referrals. At a minimum it gets your resume actually read vs being filtered through AI. If you REALLY want to you leave, you can also approach people in the from you’re close to and ask for help getting placed through their network (not a good choice if leaving for a competitor in consulting).
Count your blessings, I wish for an extra 20.