Topic says it all. Not all things are great in investment banking
You don't say!Not all things are great in investment banking
Grall said:You don't say!
Regardless how good the good parts are, at 100 hour work week I'd say it isn't worth it. Is that even legal in Norway? The unions would have a coronary long before that and shut down the whole company over here.
As many have already said it all depends on whether you like your work or not.
Where I work at in Japan from time to time, the average work week without overtime is 60-70 hours a week with some workers opting to work 72-80 hours week (start work 2 hours earlier than the other employees). This is day in and day out all year around and they all do fine. 1 day off a week. And it isn't a low stress job either. One wrong move means you lose your life or one of your limbs.
Excluding the insane amount of work related suicides and death by overworking, yes they see to do fine. But how many of them are leading a happy life? Thats the point. Sure the Japanese hang in there. But they are not happy. A friend of mine she had this crazy hours job as well. Often she didn't even had one day off in the week. She kept going but wasn't happy at all. Good thing she finally found something else.
It mostly depends on how much time you spend with assholes during those 100 hours, especially if your boss is one of them.
V3 said:100h/week is insane. Why do you need to work 100h/w anyway ?
Face time, (bonus , advancement opportunities in the long run and job security in the short run)
Cheezdoodles said:Face time, (bonus , advancement opportunities in the long run and job security in the short run)
Davros said:He needs to be ready, if the economy picks up the bankers need to be ready to ruin it again......