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Lol, your hourly wage is pretty bad, all things considered
Nobody is optimizing for hourly wage. If so, we would immediately transition to industry and make similar $ over 40-50 hr weeks
Trying to stay on the ride as long as possible to lock in the higher annual comp
Well, I’m glad to be working 40-50 while making a little less than MBB
Pre-covid average was 50-60, so far from being chained to computer 24/7
You’re saying that you AVERAGE 80 hours a week? That’s working 11.5 hours a day every day including weekends.
I’m pretty sure when people are saying they worked from 8am to 1am that of course assumes many moment of low productivity, breaks, probably working meals. I think the better way to describe this experience is that while you cannot possibly work 100% for that period, work totally consumes and dictates everything you do for those hours. Anyway, for me at least, these projects were relatively few and far in between but did happen. And my productivity was unsurprisingly terrible during these projects. I think these 80+ hr projects tend to be a byproduct of weak management and scoping.
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Before quarantine: 50 - 60
After quarantine: 70 - 80
Yeah why did hours become longer post quarantine?
BA - 55 Hours before quarantine
BA - 75 Hours during quarantinr
Consultant, 70-80
EM, 75-80
Does this 80 hour week also includes the 1-2 hours daily you all spend here on FB?
Consultant; 70 hours M-F
70 is above average. 55-60 is the average
PL here.
60-65 is a great to good week.
70-75 is a tough week and more than 2 of those in a month will make me grumpy.
More than 75 is bad and I will prioritize and actively solve whatever is causing it (assuming it isn’t a one off, but then it almost never is).
Naturally a different pace for DDs.
A 14 hour day is not being “around” your computer 8 am to 10 pm.
If take an hour break from 11am-12pm, and another 2 break from 6-8 pm, that’s an 11 hour day. Multiple that by 7 days, that’s a 21 hour over-estimation.
Thanks B4, that’s super helpful feedback. Particularly the objective nature of “you need to increase your efficiency” really resonates with me... For all you know, team could be full of top-performers or the opposite - I know this will be a surprise but hours don’t perfectly correlate w efficiency
I worked an average of 70 a week at an mbb. Left as a partner, now as an MD at AlixPartners it’s more like 50. A ton less focus on optics and bs here, I’m actually selling a more work on average.
there was a reduction of 20
So much of this is project-specific but as ranges for my own case work (excluding pro bono, IP, or beach time), from M through F:
1) AC1/2: 55-70; SAC: 50-60
2) Consultant: 55-65
I haven’t traveled in my years here though, so this does NOT include any travel hours!
Associate,~60 hrs/wk
A lot of skepticism in this thread from people that don’t work at MBB. Here are facts
- avg consultant hours are 60-65
- I work more as a project leader
- these average numbers do not include beach time and are for normal, ongoing projects
- yes we work on planes. Yes we work into the night. And yes some people average 70-80 to get the overall average up to 60-65
D6, Apparently, not you.
Yikes that's a lot of hours
Director, 10 hours M-F
Weekends are rough.
BA, US
Most projects ~65. Recent one was *consistently* 75 every single week for 8 weeks, M-F. Was mildly sick the entire time because my body never had the energy to recover, it was awful.
I refuse to touch work between 6p Friday (and usually starting earlier) and 7a Monday.
Associate, 55-60hrs/week
Associate, 50-60 hours a week