First 80+ hour week. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be...
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on 1/14/11 at 3:09pm
Sunday: 10am - 9pm .... 11hrs
Monday: 8am-10pm ....14 hrs
Tuesday: 8am - 10pm .... 14hrs
Wednesday: 7am - 1am .... 18hrs
Thursday: 7am - 11:30pm .... 16.5hrs
Friday: 7am - 7pm (hopefully) .... 12 hrs
Grand total: 85.5 hrs.
Really wasn't that bad.





What happened to Saturday?
What happened to Saturday? Stop slacking off
"You've got to belong to it."
Try doing it multiple weeks
Try doing it multiple weeks in a row
Crispy wrote: Try doing it
Try doing it multiple weeks in a row
I hope to! Every chargeable hour over 45 puts an extra 70 bux in my bank. Unfortunately hours worked =/= hours billed. In this case, the 85.5 hours worked = 65 hours billed. So I'll gladly take the extra 1400 dollars every week for busting my ass.
-MBP
85 hours is easy. Hard part
85 hours is easy. Hard part is 100-120 hours - those extra 20-40 hours hurt. congrats on the first week
southernlovr wrote: 85 hours
85 hours is easy. Hard part is 100-120 hours - those extra 20-40 hours hurt. congrats on the first week
Yeah can't even imagine 120.
-MBP
You'll start to wear down
You'll start to wear down slowly with 85 on a consistent basis unless you are very disciplined in seizing sleep opportunities. Once you're at 100 hours a week several weeks in a row you will break down no matter what you do, and you'll just start to be angry at the world.
rebelcross wrote: You'll
You'll start to wear down slowly with 85 on a consistent basis unless you are very disciplined in seizing sleep opportunities. Once you're at 100 hours a week several weeks in a row you will break down no matter what you do, and you'll just start to be angry at the world.
Honestly I had a 9-5(ish) job a few years ago in rate sales, felt more tired than I do in banking. To me, staying occupied makes up for a lot of lost sleep -- been able to sustain some rough back-to-back weeks of 110 hrs
"You've got to belong to it."
Balance wrote: rebelcross
You'll start to wear down slowly with 85 on a consistent basis unless you are very disciplined in seizing sleep opportunities. Once you're at 100 hours a week several weeks in a row you will break down no matter what you do, and you'll just start to be angry at the world.
Honestly I had a 9-5(ish) job a few years ago in rate sales, felt more tired than I do in banking. To me, staying occupied makes up for a lot of lost sleep -- been able to sustain some rough back-to-back weeks of 110 hrs
Don't know how long you've been in the game, but if you think IB is any more exciting than rates sales in the long run, then you've got another thing coming. I've never seen anybody not get fed up. It is hard to sit in a cubicle for 100 hours and not feel like you are suffering.
Should I mention my insomnia
Should I mention my insomnia in my resume and interview. Will that help me get a job?
How come you are starting
How come you are starting that early? I usually start at 9am. Until 1am at least
You only had one night in
You only had one night in which you didn't get a full night sleep (Wednesday), and even then you managed to get to bed by 1:00am. As mentioned above, the incremental hours are where you REALLY start to feel the pain. As soon as work starts to cut into the sleep schedule, you'll feel it. Weeks such as the one you just did suck because you feel like you didn't do anything fun all week, just worked, but it doesn't drag on you because you're still sleeping.
The other drag is having multiple weeks in a row with weekend work. Most of the working world looks forward to Saturday / Sunday when they can relax. When you're consistently working Saturday / Sunday, the weeks just blend together and you have nothing to look forward to.
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85 one week is easy but a
85 one week is easy but a constant 85+ hours is hell especially once you are talking about years of doing it.
consulting not IB
consulting not IB
Balance wrote: rebelcross
You'll start to wear down slowly with 85 on a consistent basis unless you are very disciplined in seizing sleep opportunities. Once you're at 100 hours a week several weeks in a row you will break down no matter what you do, and you'll just start to be angry at the world.
Honestly I had a 9-5(ish) job a few years ago in rate sales, felt more tired than I do in banking. To me, staying occupied makes up for a lot of lost sleep -- been able to sustain some rough back-to-back weeks of 110 hrs
Sorry, but "staying occupied makes up for a lot of lost sleep" may be one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.
So all of you working 80-100
So all of you working 80-100 hour weeks, are you actually working the entire time or is there a lot of downtime during the day? Just curious because my boss is very laid back and only makes me work crazy hours if we have a deal to push through (except i did have to work in Cali the day of the Rosebowl but at least i got to go...)
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-MBP
That's a good point
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good work buddy. hang in
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