Lawyers, animators, mangakas , architects are just built differently here
>Dec 09 2015
Still very common place in many of the professional services industry here if not getting worse with all the headcount cuts. You are lucky to get a half day off every month.
I know a guy that graduated near the top of his class at Columbia and got into one of the top firms in Manhattan: he said 100 hours/week was the norm.
If he had stayed he was on track to make partner. His breaking point was on one of the rare mornings he was home with his family and his 5-year old daughter gave him a hug and said “thanks for visiting Daddy!”
He quit and got a job as corporate counsel for a company in Texas. He makes less than 1/2 what he did in Manhattan, but with the insane cost of living there he said he actually is more wealthy where he is. And he only works 40 hrs/week and gets to actually spend time with his family.
Meh. This is nothing special. Working 105 hours a week is very common in my job. It’s not uncommon to work 120-140 hours a week. I’ve done it many times.
One thing I never understood:
If you work 16 hours a day, every day, also on the weekends…
How do you schedule stuff like buying clothing, buying groceries, going to the doctor, that type of thing?
How much do these guys earn though? It wasn’t stated in the article. Even 20-30 million yen would hardly seem worth it. I don’t think they make the 100-300 million yen salaries you see at top New York law firms.
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Lawyers, animators, mangakas , architects are just built differently here
>Dec 09 2015
Still very common place in many of the professional services industry here if not getting worse with all the headcount cuts. You are lucky to get a half day off every month.
I know a guy that graduated near the top of his class at Columbia and got into one of the top firms in Manhattan: he said 100 hours/week was the norm.
If he had stayed he was on track to make partner. His breaking point was on one of the rare mornings he was home with his family and his 5-year old daughter gave him a hug and said “thanks for visiting Daddy!”
He quit and got a job as corporate counsel for a company in Texas. He makes less than 1/2 what he did in Manhattan, but with the insane cost of living there he said he actually is more wealthy where he is. And he only works 40 hrs/week and gets to actually spend time with his family.
Meh. This is nothing special. Working 105 hours a week is very common in my job. It’s not uncommon to work 120-140 hours a week. I’ve done it many times.
One thing I never understood:
If you work 16 hours a day, every day, also on the weekends…
How do you schedule stuff like buying clothing, buying groceries, going to the doctor, that type of thing?
How much do these guys earn though? It wasn’t stated in the article. Even 20-30 million yen would hardly seem worth it. I don’t think they make the 100-300 million yen salaries you see at top New York law firms.