How often do you have to work late (past midnight)?

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Hot take: any amount of work past 6:30 is working late, and I work late pretty often unfortunately

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Try, not being allowed to leave the office until 8:00 p.m. Midnight is the norm here in LevFin, and we also get screamed at on the daily.

M&A consulting - 1 or 2 nights a week if it’s preclose

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Not often, but more than I should.

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25% of the time

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Once per year. If I can’t finish my work before 10pm then it’s an unreasonable deadline. But I work in industry so I’m never a client lol

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Sounds nice

Flipside question, how many people stop earlier at night but get up before dawn to finish?

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Very rarely. Once a quarter or so.

Sounds like a good balance!

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