What's the most hours you've worked in a week, and why?

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It was 110-115, with half of them being in 3 days over Memorial Day weekend. A weekend that was supposed to be me hanging with my friends that we planned 4 years prior (we do an “Olympics” style thing every 4 years with sports we’ve invented over the years).

But the audit had to be done on 6/1 for statutory reasons and I was the only experienced associate who had to do the first years’ jobs since they fell behind and the seniors weren’t on top of them enough lol

I was starting work at 6am and finishing at 2-3am those 3 days (with breaks to eat and go for a quick walk when I needed it). I then was the only Tier 1 (PwC) in my group that wasn’t immediately promoted so I left audit right after that

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Jesus they screwed you, I am sorry

60

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108 a few weeks ago. Don’t do SALT, you’re at the mercy of everyone else. Also last minute engagements

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Thank you for your sacrifice. I am in salt too

100 a few times as a staff. Internal deadlines

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yuck. Screw those unrealistic internal deadlines. No one should be working that many hours.

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As an auditor, 100 hours the week before filing on the corporate segment for a global 10 client. I moved to accounting advisory promptly after

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40 hours in tax the week of the filing deadline. Would never work over that and I had sent home the junior members of staff at 35 hour mark as I was just signing out final returns.

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73 billable. Around 90 with admin work.

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Actual billable had back to back weeks like 77/83. Vowed to never again work after midnight cause I'd wake up and read answers to comments and be like, "what drunk idiot attempted to write this?!". Never come close to that mark since.

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116 then I quit

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60 all in

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80 hours in 4 days, walked a total of 17 miles as well. Previous to EY and this was for an event for clients. I was not an event planner by title but it was included in my catch all title of “assistant”

I left and came to EY. There’s worse out there than what I had but I don’t view EY as a bad place to work. I know not every experience is the same so please don’t tell me I don’t understand. I get it. My experience is different than yours.

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105 hours one week in 2009. I was overseeing an international incentive program for 432 people.

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For me personally: 73 hours while working on an IPO client just before filing deadline

92 the week before September 15 one year.

106 as a senior

72 hours in 3 days - production app issue

82. Client with a ton of acquisitions was "gifted" to me mid-year. None of the purchase accounting had been done yet.

I left public accounting a few months later.

I was over 100 a week or two. Multiple public filer deadlines and it just sucked.

90? Back in the day as a staff at pwc

96. High volume of work, not enough resources

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