Weekend Hours In IB

I wanted to ask you all what your weekend hours looked liked in IB. I'm trying to make comparisons from boutique, MM, BB, EB.

I know a lot of these hours depend on what group you're in and what stage of the deal you're on, but it'd be interesting to see what people post. I'd appreciate it if you had a format like this:

Bank Type: MM City or Region: NYC or North East Position: Analyst Coverage Group: M&A Saturday: 11am - 5pm (6hrs) for example Sunday: 11am - 5pm (6hrs)

Please post what a normal weekend is like for you. Do you have time to do much? Ex: play in a city sport league, catch a game, or even a movie every now and then.

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Thanks for the breakdown, that was very helpful. I'm starting FT in the summer, and I've been trying to gage weekend hours so this post works well!. I'm hoping to join a city sports league on the weekends for fun as well. Some of my friends in IB say Sundays are good for them to do that.

 
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You would probably get more responses if you reminded the general population of what a weekend is. Many of them may not have experienced any decreased workload during those days in so many years that they may have lost all familiarity with the concept.

 

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