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Consulting hours |
| Message Name: |
re another observation and quest. about work environments |
| Date Posted: |
12/06/2002 |
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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. |
| Message: |
I'm curious about a couple of things. Perhaps you might have some thoughts.
Does one's work hours reflect specific aspects of the firm one works for? That is to say, are larger firms different in this respect from smaller firms? Do you work longer hours on the norm at one or the other? Does it make a difference?
Also, do the hours vary for consulting specialties? My network. admin friend does much of his work in the middle of the night, when the system's of his clients are not being used. Do the differnces in consulting industries express themselves in their work schedules?
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