I haven't been able to find an up-to-date range of hours on WSO so far -- curious if "80-100 hours/week" is still an accurate representation of BBs, and whether that may be different across NY and LA (heard that, on average, NY bankers work ~1.3x as hard as LA bankers, but that was from only one data point). Also aware that many BBs have implemented protected weekends (?) and holidays.
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60-70 hrs / week. Citi / Barclays / BoFA 1st yr analyst
Thanks, that helps a lot -- would you say 60-70 hrs/week is the new norm moving forward, or might hours pick back up once the economy recovers?
Second that. 40-50 hours / week at the start of the year, 60-70 hours / week on average now. 1st year associate at Citi / Barclays / BofA.
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