• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Man, my GF works so much... can you beat her hours?

Page 3 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
I used to work at place that was 6-6 M-Sa and 6-3 on Sunday, so yes, I would say I've worked more than her. I did that for about 6 months straight before I completely burned out.

I would never, ever, EVAR work those kinds of hours again for someone else.

EDIT: of course, at the time, I was around 20 and paid hourly so I was making bank, but I never had any time to spend the money since when I wasn't working I was sleeping.
 
Yes, accountants that work for larger firms are basically slaves for certain time frames throughout the year. However, they do make a lot of $ though. I have a bit of friends that are accountants and man, they got some money.
 
Chrono said:
Yes, accountants that work for larger firms are basically slaves for certain time frames throughout the year. However, they do make a lot of $ though. I have a bit of friends that are accountants and man, they got some money.
Click to expand...

False. Public accounting is like minimum wage during busy season. Salaries are very low.
 
PWC, Deloitte, KPMG....they are all hardcore in work. Long hours are typical. My gf spent a year at Deloitte doing an internship. She does not want to go back.
 
My wife works those hours...going on 10 years now. The weekends isn't only certain weeks of the year during crunch time...my wife generally works 1 day of the weekend ALL YEAR...EVERY YEAR!

Yes it pisses me off as well. It is what it is if you want good pay.
.
.
.
The key is to move to Europe.......to get that 6 week vacation, weeks of sick pay/holidays, and leave work at 5PM (...while still making bank).
 
Last edited:
Fuck that....work to live, not live to work.

In my youth, I worked a lot of jobs that were 7-12's with some 14-16 hour days thrown in, plus, the jobs were never close to home, so on top of the work hours, I also put in 3-5 hours per day in commute time.

fuck that.
 
sdifox said:
salary is 100k which you could say hourly is 50 an hour.

which is nice if you only work 40 hours a week.

problem is right now she is putting in so much time (and not getting extra pay), it has diluted her hourly income to about 40 an hour which is roughly 80k a year.

Not really all that hard to figure out is it?
Click to expand...


At the end of the day, she is still bring in 6 figures though....such is life with having salary....
 
sdifox said:
salary is 100k which you could say hourly is 50 an hour.

which is nice if you only work 40 hours a week.

problem is right now she is putting in so much time (and not getting extra pay), it has diluted her hourly income to about 40 an hour which is roughly 80k a year.

Not really all that hard to figure out is it?
Click to expand...

lol big 4 accountants do not make 100k. Try half.
 
You don't even know son... I married a surgeon 😛. 5 years of residency... They say they have a 80 hour work week? Don't believe it, she worked 100-120 hour work weeks quite a bit. Its like cheating in the NCAA, everyone does it but just a few get caught so its worth it. It's better now as an attending but still crazier than most jobs 😛
 
TheNinja said:
I agree 100%. I don't get people who constantly brag about the amount of hours they work.
Click to expand...

It isn't a badge of honor when you work tons of hours every week. And I am talking consistently -- we all have projects with deadlines and it might be necessary to put in some long weeks occasionally, but those who brag about working 80 or 100 hours a week ALL the time seem to have huge martyr complexes.

It is also different if you're working for yourself. If you have your own company, then yeah, you probably have to do that. But working for others? That's ridiculous.

Like it's some sort of badge or honor where you can work 80 hours a week or something. To me that's not bragable at all, in fact that seems the exact opposite of what I would want to brag about. Time is one thing that you can never get more of and never get back.
Click to expand...

Exactly. There are exceptions of course (doctors, etc), but if you are working that much every week in corporate America, it means one of two things: 1) you are an extremely inefficient worker or 2) you are letting your company walk all over you. #2 happened to me and I finally wised up after a friend of mine told me the things above. I was mad at first but then it hit me that he was 100% correct.

I heard a saying "Nobody ever lies on their death bed and says "Man, I really wish I would have worked more and put more hours in at the office""
Click to expand...

This.
 
Last edited:
mcurphy said:
So she works up to 14 hours per day, for around a 7-10 day stretch, 4 times a year?

That really isn't much. I'm sure there are several members here who work, or have worked, jobs that require this type of commitment and more year round. Myself included.
Click to expand...

Yeah, I would agree with your post. Senior year of college, was working 40 hours a week at my hospital then also doing 40 hours a week of clinical rotation at a different hospital plus a full 16 credit hour load of classes. That went on for pretty much the whole 15 week semester. Was amazingly awful. Never do that again!

Nowadays as a RN occasionally I'll work a 12 hour shift the first day, then off 12 hours then a 16 hour shift, then off for 8 and then on for another 12 hours. It SUCKS hardcore for those 3 days but it's big money and I get 3-4 days off after I do it.
 
welcome to big 4 accounting firms. i've worked for two so far. working 7 days a week is pretty common at time. the 16-18 hour workdays sometimes happen too depending on what you are in.

however, your GF pulling $100,000+ just reeks of bullshit. even for NYC. what's her rank?

noobs straight out of college are lucky if they can make $55K.
 
My wife generally works 80 hour weeks. This has been an "easy" month for her with only working 7PM to 9AM but next month she'll be lucky if she only works 80 hours in a week. Also, she doesn't make anywhere close to six figures.
 
amish said:
welcome to big 4 accounting firms. i've worked for two so far. working 7 days a week is pretty common at time. the 16-18 hour workdays sometimes happen too depending on what you are in.

however, your GF pulling $100,000+ just reeks of bullshit. even for NYC. what's her rank?

noobs straight out of college are lucky if they can make $55K.
Click to expand...

You can assume she's fresh out of college. Or you can also assume she's 30, worked at an international firm, and now is a Senior Associate. Look it up at Glassdoor.

I don't know what's bullshit about it. Making lowest end of six figures in NYC is nothing to brag about.
 
Spent 5yrs at PwC - 9 total in public.

IPO's, carve-outs, acquisitions, proposals, year ends, qtr ends, secondary offerings ( S-3 filings) SOX implementation..........

Working late is just part of the gig - it's to be expected. Weekends, nights, 1am? Try 3am on Saturday night, try 5:30am to file with the SEC when the market opened.

During year end audits my team worked till 10pm, could not ask to leave earlier. Most of us stayed till 11 or 12am. Friday I let the team go at 7pm. Saturday's were 10am - 7pm and Sunday's were Noon - 6pm. What we had to do to get the job done and file timely.

Looking back - its laughable and I should have quit at the 6yr mark.

Then again - who knows if I'd be in the position I'm in now with the Company I'm at.......
 
I worked in audit at a Big 4 firm in the Silicon Valley for 3 years, and my wife still works for one after nearly 6 years. To be honest, getting off at 10-11 pm during busy season isn't as bad as it was for me and still is for my wife. During busy season she was lucky if she got home before midnight this year and pulled a 7 day week straight of working past 2 am. She had no weekends and no days off from after New Year's until about mid-March this year.
 
my gf worked at PwC as an intern in college and they worked her almost 24 hours a day 7 days a week. it's a miserable job. and the initial offers out of college for an auditor is about $45k a year or some crap like that. are you kidding me? with the amount of hours they work it's like making minimum wage. she gave them the finger and got a really nice finance job not in the big 4 offering her 1.5x what pwc did. seems like everyone is willing to work to the bone just for the chance to make partner.
 
Last edited:
Fmr12B said:
Spent 5yrs at PwC - 9 total in public.

IPO's, carve-outs, acquisitions, proposals, year ends, qtr ends, secondary offerings ( S-3 filings) SOX implementation..........

Working late is just part of the gig - it's to be expected. Weekends, nights, 1am? Try 3am on Saturday night, try 5:30am to file with the SEC when the market opened.

During year end audits my team worked till 10pm, could not ask to leave earlier. Most of us stayed till 11 or 12am. Friday I let the team go at 7pm. Saturday's were 10am - 7pm and Sunday's were Noon - 6pm. What we had to do to get the job done and file timely.

Looking back - its laughable and I should have quit at the 6yr mark.

Then again - who knows if I'd be in the position I'm in now with the Company I'm at.......
Click to expand...

I made it to VP of Finance (I'm 6 years removed from audit) with 1 year of audit experience. I'd say most people stay out of fear. I did make a gamble when I left after only 1 year, but I knew if the gamble didn't pay off I could always come back and slave away for 3 more years.
 
Zeze said:
You can assume she's fresh out of college. Or you can also assume she's 30, worked at an international firm, and now is a Senior Associate. Look it up at Glassdoor.

I don't know what's bullshit about it. Making lowest end of six figures in NYC is nothing to brag about.
Click to expand...

holy shit she's 30 and she's a senior? She ain't doing something right.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top