What is the work life balance in Hong Kong like for consulting?

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Hk is shit rn

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WLB in professional services (Consulting, accounting / audit, I banking) very bad. OT (overtime) culture is extremely normalized similar to Japan and Korea. Consulting probably slightly better than banking and accounting but still bad overall.

Source: Went to school there and had many classmates who worked there in such industries.

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It’s bad everywhere. But they work super hard in Honkers.

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Thanks, this reinforces my hypothesis

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Lots of travel as well - all over Asia most often.

all work, no life.
source: worked there on one project. never again.

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