Why do people who work insane hours look at it as a badge of honor?

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Anonymous wrote:They want more money and they view work as a competitive sport.

This. And they really like their jobs. This is typically found in industries that have grueling early training, like medicine, law, finance.

I could ask the inverse question too – why do people brag about how little they work? Don’t they realize that slacking off means someone else is picking up the work?

Look, I was one of those folks working in banking but I had a number and I stuck to it. It was worth it to me to work crazy hours until 35 when I hit my number and then called it a day.

I have been super lucky to do all this into a healthy stock market so the $$$s have grown quite a bit, and I was able to go off on my own and still consult for a bunch of these clients for 1/2 the pay but literally 80% fewer hours.

Like the BigLaw poster…if you can just keep a couple of clients and you remove the firm, you can net a ton on your own.

Look, you sound like a total ashhole.

Why…because PP made a ton and got out?

Sounds like the right formula to me.

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I hate the hustle culture. Not for me.

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Wonder how many of these people use coke or ketamine? Or at the least, the guy I worked for who used to drink eleven cups of coffee a day.

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I was going to do it only for 2 years. I had previously been homeless. Seemed like a much better option than going back to the streets.

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If you have a job that pays overtime it’s worth it. The money is yours, not some corporation’s. People in those jobs can choose when they want to work those overtime hours. I know a nurse that has a very healthy salary. If work calls her phone it means an overtime shift is available. If she picks up it’s not time and a half, it’s triple time! It’s her choice. It’s her money.

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Usually because the insane amount of hours translates into an insane amount of money (hedge fund, investment banking etc.) Not sure that occurs in basic consulting unless you’re a partner.

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Anonymous wrote:If you have a job that pays overtime it’s worth it. The money is yours, not some corporation’s. People in those jobs can choose when they want to work those overtime hours. I know a nurse that has a very healthy salary. If work calls her phone it means an overtime shift is available. If she picks up it’s not time and a half, it’s triple time! It’s her choice. It’s her money.

Very few white collar jobs pay overtime.

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Anonymous wrote:If you have a job that pays overtime it’s worth it. The money is yours, not some corporation’s. People in those jobs can choose when they want to work those overtime hours. I know a nurse that has a very healthy salary. If work calls her phone it means an overtime shift is available. If she picks up it’s not time and a half, it’s triple time! It’s her choice. It’s her money.

Very few white collar jobs pay overtime.

Medical field has shift work even for white collar jobs like pharmacy etc. You can pick up a lot of overtime. But not for jobs like the one that OP is describing. There, bonuses are basically "getting paid."

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Anonymous wrote:Usually because the insane amount of hours translates into an insane amount of money (hedge fund, investment banking etc.) Not sure that occurs in basic consulting unless you’re a partner.

That's the point. Unless you are earning, or have the potential to earn life changing money and/or at the highest level of a company where you are getting additional benefits, why kill yourself?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you have a job that pays overtime it’s worth it. The money is yours, not some corporation’s. People in those jobs can choose when they want to work those overtime hours. I know a nurse that has a very healthy salary. If work calls her phone it means an overtime shift is available. If she picks up it’s not time and a half, it’s triple time! It’s her choice. It’s her money.

Very few white collar jobs pay overtime.

Maybe people willing to work their butts off should stay away from white collar jobs.

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Anonymous wrote:Wonder how many of these people use coke or ketamine? Or at the least, the guy I worked for who used to drink eleven cups of coffee a day.

Caffeine, cocaine, and ketamine are three completely different drugs in terms of risk profile, legality, and to what degree they aid with productivity.

[Anonymous]

It’s a way if saying I am better/more important than you.

Sometimes its sharing the misery (especially if they are around similar professionals).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wonder how many of these people use coke or ketamine? Or at the least, the guy I worked for who used to drink eleven cups of coffee a day.

Caffeine, cocaine, and ketamine are three completely different drugs in terms of risk profile, legality, and to what degree they aid with productivity.

Yes, but the guy with eleven cups of coffee/day was a classic. At the same time he would say he only needed to sleep three hours a night. The caffeine made him a nervous wreck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not talking about a 10-12 hour corporate day, but 14+ day after day? Seriously, unless you are solving world hunger, what exactly are you getting out of it? Like the guy at Deloitte my boss salivates about because he supposedly works 100 hours/week. To me he looks like a walking corpse but the boss thinks he is a human marvel.

Were they not able to please their dad? Hate their family? Have no family so work is their social life? I don't get the attraction.

Because some of us are at non-profits and the work needs to be done or the clients don't get the services they need. Those services might be food, so if someone doesn't do it, kids don't eat. Or it might be mental health, and if someone doesn't do it, others don't get their meds/have a bedroom to sleep in or a roof over their head.

And, some of us really do care about the mission and the people we serve. The rest of you are just slackers

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Anonymous wrote:Not talking about a 10-12 hour corporate day, but 14+ day after day? Seriously, unless you are solving world hunger, what exactly are you getting out of it? Like the guy at Deloitte my boss salivates about because he supposedly works 100 hours/week. To me he looks like a walking corpse but the boss thinks he is a human marvel.

Were they not able to please their dad? Hate their family? Have no family so work is their social life? I don't get the attraction.

Because some of us are at non-profits and the work needs to be done or the clients don't get the services they need. Those services might be food, so if someone doesn't do it, kids don't eat. Or it might be mental health, and if someone doesn't do it, others don't get their meds/have a bedroom to sleep in or a roof over their head.

And, some of us really do care about the mission and the people we serve. The rest of you are just slackers

Sorry, I'm not helping someone else (through my white collar job) at the expense of my own health/sanity. You can't continue to help others if you let yourself go. Doctors, military, first responders, etc... I totally get being mission driven. But you can only keep that up for so long, and as you get more senior in those roles, you're much more valuable as a teacher/mentor to younger people in the same profession.