How many hours a week does A&M tag seniors/managers work on average? I have seen it’s comparable to B4 but appreciate some insight.

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A lot more than big 4

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Joined as a manager - in a nutshell, hours are about the same but when I’m working a lot, I feel more stretched thin here bc I’m juggling more deals (and usually less staff - like only have one person below me on most deals) whereas at big 4, I was usually dealing with one deal but maybe multiple workstreams or multiple staff.

When I’m working on upper middle market deals (big 4 on the other side), I’m just dealing with 1-2 deals those weeks. When I’m doing normal / smaller middle market deals - that’s when I feel like I’m juggling a lot more (and some days, all of your deals want something from you at the same time).

And like others have said - we have the ability to control our schedule more here (assuming you have constant work / on track to get a bonus). So you can choose to stay around 70-80% utilized and be more selective about what you take on or you can chose to grind for that bigger bonus.

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They seem to be doing a lot of hiring and trying to position themselves with similar comp model as A&M.

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Hours fluctuate and pretty similar to Big4 in a lot of ways but more deals going on at once bc the deals are much smaller so more pain in that way.

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^ hard disagree. No different from big 4 in my experience. Different groups flex up or down depending on the year. People also have much more control over their workload. Due to the comp structure, people are willing to take on more.

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No different from big 4. Less, if I want to. More, if I want to

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