Do bankers in CA work a lot less on average?
I feel like every analyst I’ve interacted with from the SF team at my firm seems to log out by 10pm on Skype, and they’ve mentioned they don’t seem to have super late work nights on most weeks. Is that possibly group specific or do people on west coast just work a lot less in general?
Wondering as one of my friends from college went to work out there and appears to have better hours as well and he’s in a different firm
I worked in SF for 2 years. Generally averaged 55-65 hours in office, actual hours worked were probably 40ish on most weeks. Was in middle market though.
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kinda stating the obvious but could time zone be the difference? just a SA but I observed the west cost teams logged on way earlier (~6/7 am from home regularly) than is expected for the nyc teams
Could you expand on this at all or have any examples? Are west coast analysts typically expected to be online earlier but finish up on the earlier side as well? I'm not a morning person, so would appreciate some more insight. Thanks!
No, he’s saying it’s a time zone difference… ex. You log on at 9AM EST in NYC and SF bankers are on at 9AM PST. West coast is 3 hours behind the east coast so it seems like they are on at 6AM in the eyes of an east coaster.
Depends if you’re a satellite office or a main office. Satellite offices generally have less face time but if you’re on a deal the hours are the same. You also will work east coast hours on a live deal, which can mean 8 et video calls etc
I think your friend was just in a shit group. Plenty of groups pulling 100+ hour weeks on the west coast with analysts running for the hills after Y1 due to burnout. Definitely less FaceTime culture but to be clear - at least in my group - you are expecting to be accessible online from 8am - 1am, with days that naturally go past 1 am. WFH or not doesnt mitigate intensity either
Tbh if you’re doing mm or lmm tech, you’re better off working chill hours than doing 100+ hours lol
I am in SF office of an EB and I've found my hours to be the same if not worse than NYC team because of early wake-ups / getting work dumped late at night. When on a live deal with NYC team, often get the short end of the stick in that you are required to be up ready to turn comments by 7am or so, but also expected to do things at night once the NYC team goes to bed.
i feel like we get the benefit of being a little more efficient on the west coast, by that I mean I usually wake up and I've got work to do because my east coast team is already blowing me up with emails/requests, so I'm generally not waiting around for work in the morning/early afternoon like i've heard some of my ny colleagues are, on the flipside I'm usually going to bed earlier as I rarely get work requests past 10 PM.....so for me feel like the total hours are less but I'm busier during that time....this isn't 100% of the time but in general I think I'm able to get more sleep than NYC
Still sounds more preferable to working til 2am or sitting around waiting for work/comments
Everyone I know in SF says the opposite. Up and online by 6/7am to receive emails/comments from NY, and still working until midnight or 2am on CA-based deals.
Even just saying 7am-midnight 5 days a week, no weekend work, that is a 90 hour workweek...
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