Haven't slept in 48h for a deck that's not going to be used or even looked at, I am one spilled coffee away from having a meltdown.

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Sounds like you're either bad at time management, or you are reporting to bad management. I'm going to say a little bit of both.

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It sounds like you're really doing something wrong. Whether it be a lack of communication or inability to establish boundaries. If you work too much one day, you can blame your partner, if you go two days without sleeping because of work, the blame starts with you.

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LOL @ the idea partners "forget" how to build slides. You ever seen a partner that had to sit down and crank out a slide deck? They crush it. They're beasts. Why? Because they've done it and been doing it the longest and have received tons of feedback from their management and clients along the way. I once saw a partner crank out a deck in an hour that would have taken me a day, at least.

ASK. FOR. HELP.

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Sorry OP - some of us have been there. Hard to be objective when you’re lacking sleep.
I second E1’s recommendation - reuse prior work. Not all your current deck will be useless - figure out how much of it you can leverage. Take a walk outside to clear your head a little bit. Focus on small activities instead of the whole deck. You’ve got this.

Also, ignore the critical jackasses on here - you alone know your situation.

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Take care of yourself.
There is no need to ruin your health over this dumb shit. Ask yourself how effective you are without sleep. I am sure you spent a lot of unproductive time on that for nothing.


Never be afraid to tell someone you need to rest.

I had a partner say something to me about leaving 3 hours early because I wasn’t feeling well as a result of working over the weekend and late hours the week before.

I had NO problem setting him straight about how my body is set up and how I need to rest to continue.

He backed off. He didn’t extend me on the project but I didn’t care I don’t want to work for inconsiderate assholes.

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Ask the Partner if you can leverage someone else's work! Don't start from scratch. Also go to the branding zone website if you need it to look good

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If you have pulled two consecutive all nighters, whatever deck you produce is going to be garbage. So staying up longer to do it is not going to solve the team's problem in any case.

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@M1 first year working directly with partner, probably hard for her to properly understand how long it will take me to come up with a full deck.

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Drop me a note if you need help with formatting any consistency. I’m good with ppt. Spotifytesting280@gmail.com

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@bcg1, I wish I could but since we are not using that deck, we need a new one... guess who is writing it...

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Thank you everyone for your support, I finally delivered the deck on time (happy to announce that I got help over the 2 last hours), partner was very satisfied with the content. Now it's time to go to sleep

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Love the @EY comradery!!

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I'd float op a break lot of our partners are not that great across the board and heaven forbid they actually do some work, sure as hell not selling

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I suggest you talk to the partner. She probably does not know your situation and would get you some help if she knew.

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So you refuse to listen to anyone's advice, won't ask for help from your manager, insist on going it alone and toughing through, because you want to impress someone. Except what you deliver to that someone isn't going to be your best work. Good luck with that (sincerely -- I don't wish you ill, I just think this is a terrible plan).

The reality is that we have jobs that require our brains to function. Proper brain function requires sleep. There are plenty of things you can do in a sleep deprived state (I was in the military; it's 100% possible to walk 10 miles while functionally asleep) but writing slides is not one of them.

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OP— be careful. If they know you’re willing to do this once, they’ll ask you again. Set boundaries politely, firmly, and clearly. Don’t make this a habit.

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If she is saying she can’t think of anyone that can help you, ask your friends/peers. I’ve done it before and have done it in return for others. Also, leverage your network to ask for decks. Additionally, when the partner presents the story of the deck, reiterate it back to her and confirm exactly what she wants so there is less of a chance of not fulfilling her vision. Also, get a few hours of sleep.

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And*. We can divide and conquer if you like.

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Ditto!

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