Just wanted to see how late you all are in the office. I have a handful of friends at other banks that can leave between 6 - 8pm and finish up their work from home. I’m in a group that seems to overly value showing face despite lack of deal flow so I wanted to see what the norm was. Would be helpful to know how late you stay and what type of bank you’re at.
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Out around 5-7
Yep, same here. Everyone in my group has been leaving around 6. Only ever wrap up a few comments from home so it would be pointless to stay longer.
All you have to do past 6pm is a few comments?!
NYC EB / Our floor is moslty gone around 6-7pm. No point staying longer when everyone can just pick back up at home.
I just got out at midnight
If you're not leaving before 7PM, you need lateral period. Plenty of places out there that have their senses about them. No reason you should be scarfing down dinner at your pathetic desk.
Does your bank offer the meal stipend even if you’re at home? Mine doesn’t so I stick around for free dinner (shit adds up quick) then dip the moment I finish lol
Yes ordering meals at home should be a given. That's another red flag. Would get out of there
At a BB and leave around 6pm
It's a culture thing. Banks with younger management / culture don't feel the need to keep everybody at the office all day. It's an old school mindset that is falling out of favor with a lot of banks now. If people leave at 6PM and produce well-done on-time work, then why would management keep them in the office all night? Our group is was humming last year and people would always be out of the office before 7PM.
Maybe not before but dinner means going home nowadays
Most of the seniors if they come in leave around 4-5. Our bullpen of juniors typically eat dinner together around 6 or 7 and leave after that. No FaceTime culture though
What are you actually doing at your desk in the evening?
Wow good for y guys when I was an analyst I’d leave around 11 on average
Yeah seriously glad to see these changes, consistently leaving this regularly around dinner time would’ve been wild to think of during my IB days and that wasn’t even 10 years ago.
Same. Feel like i was consistently in office until 11pm - 1am.
Most of the junior guys in my office leave around 6-8pm it seems. Don't see an issue with it as long as they're available after they leave.
Seems to be a bit of a disparity between cities. I’m in CHI and can leave any time after like 5:30 and no one cares but my buddies in NYC typically stay until they are completely done for the evening
Lmao you guys are lucky - every time I leave before 11pm I feel guilty AF. Juniors on my team and most vps leave only when fully done (no WFH for them because they prefer the office I think) and stay past midnight everyday.
BB leave 5-7. Newer analysts are staying late and have been highly encouraging them not to be a hero and fuck up a good thing, but to no avail
What do you mean by last sentence? Also feeling like new analysts are fucking the evening WFH
I mean they feel compelled to stay late even though they’ve been told they don’t need to
Around 22 each day, but only because I am lazy as fuck and take forever to do things
When I was doing BB M&A, the norm 5-6 days a week was to leave between 10PM and 2AM. We would roll in around 9AM - 10AM, though.
I'm an AN1 and I get in between 9-9:30 and leave around 7:30. Seniors leave between 5:30 and 6:30. Analysts order dinner at 6:30 then relax and eat together before calling Ubers just after 7.
Yes, this is definitely earlier than most analysts in years past, but have to take market conditions into account. Most groups street wide are not very busy but this could change sooner rather than later. Have to take advantage while you can.
yall get free ubers after 7pm??
I’m sure there are pockets of the old world but I think there’s been a fundamental shift in how late juniors stay post-COVID
When I was an analyst, I regularly was in the office until 11 / 12. Now I think the analysts / associates in my office leave anywhere between 6 and 7 - certainly no later than 8 - and just finish any work from home.
We worked from home for 2 years so it shouldn’t be a big deal - unless you have a VP that loves being in late because most seniors are gone well before then.
Every week since I’ve joined —
8:30am-10:30pm mo- thurs. Fri 9-7. Sunday 1-8
Lmao fuck bro that sucks
2-3pm but I also make half what y’all make 😭
some of you kids just need to get some balls and fucking leave the office after 6pm or so and finish at home... if you do good work, fuck em.
BB LA. I usually leave around 7-8pm not because I can't leave earlier but to avoid the rush-hour traffic (15 min drive vs 40 min)
CS?
i used to work till late (i.e. 10pm and longer) but recently (this month) have started to leave at 6/7pm since deals are kinda dying down due to the markets and the end of year. Also the face time is getting tiring.
MM bank and I’ve been staying until 10:30 / 11. Expectation is to be in by 9:30AM 4 days a week. Been here two years so first years stay longer - getting tired of it.
Looks like I’m the only one here staying later though lol
Honestly kinda just depends how busy I am.
I usually get to the office between 8:30-9am (I’m typically one of the first in) and will stay til 8-10pm on a usual night, 10-2am+ if I'm particularly busy.
If it's not busy I'll leave at 7-8pm.Really just depends what I'm working on - could realistically leave most nights and WFH anytime after 7, but I kinda like my office set up better cause I have a small bedroom so would rather be in the office if I need to focus.
Usually 2am
@EB NYC
Mon - Thu: In office 10am - 6pm, then start WFH usually around 7:20pm - midnight or later
Fri/Sun: WFH
Honestly don't understand why some banks still make folks to stick around, unless you've got books to print for the following morning. We're not at home playing Fortnite. As long as you're pulling weight, fuck face time. No bank is gonna fire you because you WFH as long as you're pulling weight.
Approximately 3.5 minutes after my MD does
This is the right answer.
DCM at a BB
Get in around 7:30am, leave around 8:30pm on average.
Nobody here wants to wfh in evening so I end up staying late by default. Bright side is once I’m home I don’t work at all. Fridays are wfh and weekends are completely free, so I guess it’s not terrible.
Sounds like heaven
My MD is a miserable person who doesn’t have a family and loves the office. He demands 5 days a week in the office and usually does not leave until around 8. It makes me hate my job tbh.
Bruh. NEVER work under an MD without a family & children. Period.
I'm in a MM on the Private Placement desk. We do all our modeling/pitching/presentations in-house.
Typically MDs clear out by 6:00-7:00. I'm typically out of there around the same time and really never get left with a ton of heavy lifting to finish in one night. My bosses are reasonable people and family men.
I said this above, but ALWAYS try to work under an MD who has children and loves his family. It will make your life a lot smoother.
Roll in around 10 and leave around 6
A1 at a MM firm, show up around 9-9:30, head home around 6 and wrap up work from home. No point in working late in the office when I can do it from the comfort of my apartment
At MM and analysts typically leave anywhere from 5-6 pm and WFH 1-2 days of the week day.
Praying this doesn’t change
How late do you work from home?
30 min before tee time
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I'm in a sweaty group and I leave around 9 PM. The other responses in this thread compared with banking hours prior to COVID really give the sense that a recession is coming up.
We're already in a recession by the pure definition. Recession is two negative quarters of negative GDP growth. It's projected that we are most likely going to have negative growth for Q3 too. This is just the early stages though. You're right though it's probably going to get a lot worse
Time leaving the office ≠ hours worked. I’ll leave 5-6pm most nights and often work until 2am+. Have a wife at home and would rather be there than with my coworkers sitting waiting for comments…
EB i SAed at was pretty lax. Interns left most days around 6:30-7 and on a very rare occasion until 11-1am.
Roll in around 10:30am and leave around 2-4am - take like an hour long break around 7pm.
Intern at a BB in Europe. Consistently doing 2/3 am mon-fri in the office. Start at 9.30am
Hello GS Frankfurt
Lmao is this really the only office being like this ? So recognisable due to hours differing so much from others?
Now in PE but in a group known for being a grind before - was regularly leaving 1-2 am M-F, 8pm Sat/Sun. Would thank my lucky stars if I was home by 11 on the weekdays and had any semblance of a weekend. Impression is that despite COVID, banking is still banking and if you're on a tough deal or under a tough VP/MD it doesn't really matter what WLB initiatives have been implemented
As a SA at a BB, was usually leaving between 12am-1am, same for FT An. There was a week I didn’t leave before 2am
I work from home often, report to someone that lives out of state. Our group cares zero about showing face, boss just told me to get my work done.
NA boutique that just opened a UK office (where I'm at). Roll in around 9:30am, leave between 8-10pm usually. Is different in NA, everyone is at their desk by 9am and juniors don't usually leave until 10pm-12am
I can expense dinner starting at 6pm. As soon as it gets delivered, I go down to the lobby to pick it up and head home to finish up work for the day
11pm -2am guess the group
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