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Would love to see a mainstream news source for this. I don't really understand how it is possible. In the best case that is 17h per day everyday of the week for weeks.
The quality of the work being done in these circumstances would be 100% garbage, I would expect, it makes no sense to do it.
I’ve done one 110 hour work week. Once. It is possible.
I did tell the manager to foxtrot oscar shortly after that week.
I did 100 then an 80, only because someone set fire to my workplace and they told us insurance was covering overtime.... I basically just sat at the entrance and turned people away.
Haha, been there as well. Took advantage of unlimited overtime for an easy job, but no way is it sustainable in the long term. I was waking up and clocking in immediately, only clocking out to eat and sleep.
Well duh the guy said he searched twitter and found it out. It must be true, people wouldn't just lie
There are reports of people dying from exhaustion from similar workloads, I remember a spate of deaths at Korean gaming cafés where some people gamed themselves to death.
https://thestockwatcher.com/pages/articles/research/2024/5/6/tragic-death-bank-america-investment-banking-intern-sparks-concern
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/did-a-bank-associate-in-us-die-after-working-120-hour-weeks-what-we-know/ar-BB1lSn0q
These are terrible sources. The stockwatcher article barely makes any sense so looks like an AI hallucination. The MSN article confirms nothing other than people are talking about it.
I'm not saying this hasn't happened but checking the source is news reading 101 in 2024, all would do well to remember this.
Fair enough. I will go look for more and better sources.
Never heard/read anything that high, but 80-90hr weeks is not uncommon in investment banking (says IB analysts & associates).