How often do you work on the weekends full days? Is this normal? Have been working every weekend for the last 2 months. Have zero life. Any tips on how to push back or is this “expected”

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This is not expected lol

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I would say it depends on projects and how absurd some partners are. However, on average, I think 9am to 11pm can be expectable, with random post-midnight flareups. Overall, hours are better on long-term projects, but these days it seems like those are not that often anymore

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For finance ( IB, corporate finance, TS…) that’s pretty common but for management consulting it’s not

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C1 those hours are just investment banking no?

What firm?

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Not expected at all, especially if you’re below manager level and/or only staffed on one project at a time. They own your time during the weekdays and you own your time on the weekends - that’s the consulting deal.

Don't you have a project health check survey?? That's the forum to raise this in.

Nope.

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