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Consulting hours |
| Message Name: |
another observation (n=2) |
| Date Posted: |
12/06/2002 |
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With the understanding that hours will vary considerably depending upon the project one is working on, is there a way to get an idea of the hours that consulting requires in the first few years?
I'm perfectly prepared to work 9am-9pm on average. I'm just wondering if those hours are reasonable expectations (again, taking unusual circumstances into account) or are you veteran consultants chuckling to yourselves as you read those numbers? Also, are 6 day work weeks to be expected, or does the industry actually respect the concept of the weekend?
Any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks |
| Message: |
You will have a week a year of 30 hours, and a week of 90 hours. Generally weekends are well-respected (varies, of course), but during the week people work very hard, sometimes 8AM to midnight or 1AM for four days straight (with a 90-min evening break). I had a manager to whom the weekend was a another 2 days of work when the secretaries were gone, and I've had other managers who wouldn't be heard from after Friday early afternoon.
Really, the problem w/ consulting hours isn't the hours per se; it's the unpredictability of the hours.
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