Accountants: How much free time do you have?

Dawgie
Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:41:36 +0000

It’s not that bad. It’s about 10-11 like you mentioned and if deemed necessary put in 1-12 hours on the weekends. That leaves me about an hour to go to the gym, an hour to study for GMAT/CFA, etc, and an hour or two to wind down. For weekends, I typically have the entire weekend open and I average roughly 5 hours.

Yea, the ass can get sore. I have a lot of flexibility with my schedule, so I can go to the gym mid or late day if I want choose to. At my office, I would say I am at the higher end of the scale in terms of hours worked. I really think the hours are overrated at Big 4. Also note that I have zero stress at work, so that might help prevent me from getting “tired”.

Hope this helps any Big 4 aspirants.