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Need help,I am joining VMware Banglore on 27th June. During interview I told them I need wfh. They said it wil be wfh this entire year. Only mistake I did was i didn't permanent wfh. I took for granted like once I join i can opt for it ( as my VMware friends had said we can opt for it)
Now the offices have started, I am scared if they call me to office , I have 14months son, not willing to leave him n go for office.
So if I ask manager to give me permanent wfh will they agree ?
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9-6 seems like an outside recruiter. 50-80 is right but is such a high range that's kinda useless. Your wlb at the firm is vastly dependent on the projects (and to the verticals and geo by some extent).
So assuming you're from FS at NYC, you'd probably average 60-65h/week, which is pretty close to the norm in consulting.
Climate is kind of a horizontal. Ie the ranking above is not MECE. In Europe, many projects are related to F&R as OW4 points out. Especially when models are required while data quality is still poor, this can cause some headaches in the climate space and longer hours.
Honestly averages on number of hours worked are dumb. I’ve been at the firm 10+ years and average 50 - 55 hours a week. Partially that’s because that’s what I’m willing to work, and I get my shit done. Anyone who constantly works 80 hours a week is either incompetent, has no boundaries, or their manager is incompetent.
This job will take whatever you give it. So chose what you’ll give it and either you can get everything done in those hours or you can’t. If you can’t, the problem likely isn’t the firm, it’s the profession.
Which group are you with? Any idea how the Industrial group's wlb is?
It’s consulting, what ya expect
WLB is bad. Expect to work from 9-11/12 mon-wed / 9-10/11 thurs / 9-5/6 fri. Heads down work with an hour break in the evening for you to eat and tell your loved ones you are alive.
I never had 9-6 projects. Its a myth.
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If it’s not private capital then you shouldn’t be close to 80 hours a week. It’s most likely 50-60 hours a week depending on the project
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Did not say private capital works 80 hours per week, I said if you are not on private capital you wouldn’t be close to 80 which is true.
I’ve worked on quite a few private capital projects and they often approach 75-80
It’s project dependent. I’ve done 9-11 pm and 9-6 pm. Even within projects, your hours will go in waves. The biggest factors are scope and how good your managers are / if they care about WLB
2021 it was mostly 9-11. 4 different projects. 2022 I worked on two projects. Both probably averaged 9-7:30, though one had a few weeks with major flare ups.