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I would love to see some counter-examples where 90 hour weeks actually do power superior performance: investment banking

I work at the second largest investment bank in the world and have not seen anyone work 90 hour weeks. The traders may work 7am-6pm, but that's only 55 hours. Everyone else works somewhere around 40 hours.

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All the people I know who work in M&A say that 90-hour work weeks are common.

It probably depends on where you work. Big companies can hire a lot of people. Small companies can't. But they're both competing in the same market.

Agreed they work a lot of crazy weeks, but it is not variable. When deals are getting close and it is crunch time, hours get crazy.

My friend says that when he hires, his first thought to himself is "Can we work with this guy at 2am with a deadline tomorrow?".

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