Is it normal to be working billable 11 hour days and management still question if you have enough work to do? Or is this just a normal busy season with a PE takeover from a top 10 firm?

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You are most likely not producing much in terms of results. If you were getting much done there wouldn’t be reason for the question

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Really depends on the team and the situation. What are you accomplishing? What hours are the rest of your team working? Is this a public busy season or private (aka how long do you have to sustain this)? What are your metrics like compared to targets? Too many variables tbh

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I feel like you’re BT…

The question is are you working the 11 hours or billing the 11 hours? I had an experienced staff come in at 10:30 and there was no work on the project after 2:30. (Our system can track what you do and give you reports, so you can tell if someone is working steadily or goofing around. Most new people don’t know that..) This was day 1 of the project and there was way more than enough to do since it was a new client. Three days later, they billed 8 hours. In “8 hours” they dropped in a few easy items and completed 1/2 of something else. When questioned, they moved some hours. I don’t trust them now. Own if you have an unproductive day.

What firm is this? This level of Big Brothering in public accounting is insane.

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