I'm three months into my Big 4 role and having a rougher time than I expected... and I knew it would be rough. The 50+ hour weeks are already taking a toll. How do you all actually make this sustainable? I'm starting to question whether I'm cut out for this.

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It’ll take a year for things to click no matter the role. Stick it out and once you understand the “why”, the job gets easier. But if it’s that crazy at big 4 come to GT

50+ weeks in summer is insane

Yea if you working 50+ hour weeks in the summer expect to be working 90+ hour weeks during busy season

What exactly is the issue. Is the only issue simply the amount of hours that you are working? If everything else were exactly the same about the job but you worked 40 hours, would that make a difference?

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