What time are you expected to hit the desk?

Would like to know how strict the “clock in” time is and what that time really is for everyone.

Also, if you worked past midnight are expectations flexible for coming into office later in the day or do you still have to be at your desk at 8:30am, for example? And do you have to always communicate to your staffer.

Be specific if you can, trying to gauge the difference, if at all, across banks/firms.

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You're not a child, if you have meetings running in the morning, banks are going to trust you to join from home. Otherwise, I (at MM Bank) get into the office around 9ish, but no one is going to police you if you have a good team.

 

At GS/MS. Usually leave around 2am and come in around 9:30. Try to be in at 9 on Mondays unless Sunday got very late. People usually dropping in later on Fridays (10-10:30). Nothing annoys me more than people who schedule meetings at 8-9am. We also have this "Analyst Guide" which specifically says that working late is no excuse to come in late, you should always be in at 9:00 latest...

 

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