What’s your work-life balance like? I feel like I’m constantly working after hours, always balancing multiple projects, hardly ever going through a phase where there isn’t a ton of critical initiatives going on. It definitely wasn’t like this when I was a more junior PMM, but as a Senior PMM, my work-life balance has severely decreased. Is this just the nature of Product Marketing? Or can I actually find a senior PMM role that allows a bit more room to breathe?

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I can tell you this. If any PMM tell you they are not doing much in general? Which I know a few. They are not good PMM just to start there. The reason why is because it really is our job to glue people together with the cross functioning aspect. So lots of meetings come natural with our job.
And the reason why I said this is because don’t compare yourself with those people.

I do believe you can have a good balance in general. Set boundaries and prioritize. Tell your manager what is realistic and what is not. Tell/discuss with him/her confidently on what should be #1 priority and go down the list. While I totally think there are a lot of unrealistic managers. This will also help you become a great manager in the near future.

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