Flexibility of hours within PE
I currently work 6-6. Despite being pretty long for a 'normal' life (albeit not compared to IB), I still feel like I get plenty of free time, as I am free to do things after work (jiu jitsu, snowboarding at the snow centre etc). I know it's pretty standard to work 9-9 in 'normal' periods, but was wondering whether these hours are fixed, or can be moved forwards/backwards?
Even though 9-9 is the same amount of hours, I feel like there isn't as much to do past 9 besides the basic bars/clubs etc which I'm not too interested in.
Thanks!
Really depends on fund and culture.
I’m MM Europe and sometimes I’ll leave early at like 5pm to go to a football game or evening event and then just catch-up on Sunday for instance for the few hours or so that I’ve not done.
Or I’d go do things on Weds / Thurs evening but then work a bit later on a Friday when it’s quiet.
Holidays are generally undisturbed, but maybe around 30 mins to 1 hr of checking emails.
I assume you are in markets with those hours, and the 6-6 is pretty reliable - 9-9 is very over simplified and the hours actually vary quite a bit. Sometimes it's 9-6 and you don't have much to do and can leave, and sometimes you are swamped and it's 9-3am with barely enough time to eat dinner.
You generally can take an hour to do jiu jitsu a few times a week after work or go snowboarding on the weekends, but there will be (not uncommon) times when you are jammed until midnight or beyond and not able to leave the desk, so be prepared to cancel fairly frequently. A lot of the hours as a junior are waiting for input from seniors, so if they send comments at 8pm you don't just work until 9pm and say that's it.
This. Your hours will always be connected to the availability of your seniors. Currently in IB but did internships in PE before. Most often your seniors will be tied up in meetings the entire day and have no time to look at your work. As such, they will typically have a look at your work at 7-8pm when their meetings are over or even later.
It depends on the fund. I feel lucky with my LMM fund. Probably averaging 60-70 hour weeks at most, only occasional late evenings and minimal weekend work.
is this London? Seeing a proliferation of these comments but unsure if NYC or London, and if it is London, which firms actually do have decent WLB?
I commented above, but yes I was referring to London rather than on the continent.
Most firms in MM to LMM would be similar. Think of the likes of Inflexion, Livingbridge, Sovereign etc.
I work in NYC
Id say having hard commitments where you go Mia for 1-2 hours at 6 regularly is unfortunately not really possible in this job as an associate
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