J.P. Morgan Investment Banking CRAZY vs. EASY Work Week

In this video, I go over a week in the life of an investment banker - an easy week vs. a hard week.

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⏱Timestamps⏱
0:00 - Introduction
0:56 - The Best a Week Ever Gets
3:28 - The Hardest a Week Ever Gets
7:05 - My Top 3 Worst Experiences in Banking

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[rareliquid]

Hope you all enjoyed this video! Some career resources down below ⬇

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[pikakac]

Banks love to recruit student athletes. They can survive this schedule. I can’t imagine working this schedule myself. I’m exhausted after a productive 8-hr work day.

[Juveys]

So refreshing… I left JPM after 15 years and traveling many places on business. It was indeed a memorable experience.

[monsieurx]

Sounds like IB is a one of a kind experience!

[daniilg]

I work as a risk analyst for a big Scandinavian bank and I've never worked more than 9 hours a day

[justinchen]

Don’t ever feel you need to overwork yourself too much for the sake of a few videos, any content is appreciated!

[KSIOjedibt]

100+ hours...I would love a detailed productivity study here...it surely falls off a cliff when you breach 80 hours

[MaxEllis]

Wish we had protected weekends back when I was an analyst. Sadly 100+ hours was the norm back then.

[mmk]

Just found your channel, your content is awesome and very informative, keep up the hard work because you just earned my sub! 💪👌

[hansandinvestments]

Since I am also into banking, what are your thoughts on whether the traditionally of IB work hours should be kept with an increased comps? Or should we go softer forward in terms of hours?
This is a trending topic. I personally believe to stick with these crazy work hours, but with better pay. I see the trade-off in skills plays hugely here and that's what makes a worker have a warrior-like mental and experience.

[JP-jsjr]

Are there people at the banks which are faster in their work and thereby need less hours or would they get loaded with work until they also work 100 hours?

[youknowtherules]

100 hour work weeks? I complain after working OT on weekend after working 60 hrs in week. How is that even possible? After 60 hrs of work my body literally won’t move or do anything. What do u guys eat to work 100 hrs in a week?

[WinsTheVoyager]

I'm in the same boat as you were. Still working in JP and trying to juggle with Youtube.

[odumfrancis]

Love your videos!

How did you manage stress?

[elotimmi]

16 hours per day? Is it even legal to make people work that long?
And I mean the lack of sleep and rest will add up, so that the employees will become less efficient or simply burnt out pretty quickly. How do companies manage this?

[charmelyTv]

Yeah I would MUCH rather earn 60k a year off 40 hour weeks than 100 hour weeks. That’s horrible lmao

[fergspotato]

Its crazy thah this is even legal. It would not be possible in Scandinavia due to legislation.

[consumer]

Omfg Ben, I just read a NYTimes article that featured your interview!!! Congrats!!! 🥳

[waynetr]

I used to think that going home was an inefficient use of time so I slept in the office... WFH now it's so much easier

[goatest]

How many people quit at your bank during you’re time there? Did you ever see someone quit after 1 to 3 months working there? Excellent vid btw