New to the bowl and sure it’s been asked a million times but, how is the WLB at MBB? Is it at all manageable? Or do you feel like the job takes over your life?

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It takes over your life without question. Question is what are you optimizing for in life, because in most cases the kind of money you get here isn’t an option elsewhere.

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Yes, it takes over. Is it manageable? - it depends on your personal circumstances. Generally speaking, Mon-Thur I’m doing nothing apart from work and 30-60min of gym time each day. Fridays, if I can shut down my laptop by 5:30pm, that’s a win. Very rarely have to do any work on the weekend though.

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In all seriousness any job like this you need to view as an investment. You will have your job consume your life for a period of time. But is that investment worth it. To me I’m fine to have 4-6 years of difficult WLB to make AP or partner where I have more control over my time on a compensation trajectory that is almost unrivaled.

I also don’t have kids and I’m single so I can freely make that choice, but someone with small children may have a very different take for example.

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It’s hard

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What is this life that you mentioned? I only know about the job.

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Depends on the person and their luck with staffing, I work 9-7 mostly

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Takes over your life for sure - but over time gets more manageable and you get way more control

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