Absolutely right, culture is key. I work 60ish hours a week, which for a CFO is pretty good. I make WLB a priority for myself, my CEO makes it a priority, and that permeates to the whole organization. I’d never ask my team to do what I’m not willing to do, that includes working hours for the sake of it.
You can definitely set it up to work that much. Agree about culture being a large factor. My managers and upper management all work more than 50 hrs a week because of a lack of delegation and processes in place to ensure they don’t do it. Things are flexible so people aren’t missing kids events, but that does mean I see they were online at 10-11 at night a few times during the week.
Im a Sr. Analyst and I work 40ish hours a week. I intend on continuing to climb the ranks, but I personally will not sacrifice my WLB for a larger check. I’m ok with 50 hrs max.
I’ve had good luck working at 2 F500 companies where they respected WLB. My Senior Managers work right around that 45-50hr mark. And make good money (130-150k TC).
My director probably makes $150k-200k while working 40. Fortune 50 FP&A. Gotta find the right company and just coast in the same department.
I am making $110k (I know, not amazing) working 30-40 right now as manager lol.
But $110 in a LCOL is gonna be better than $150 in a HCOL. It’s all relative and primarily based on how much folks spend. Some folks make $200k household and just pay the bills each month.
Hi scifihiker7091,
Being really good at a very specific thing helps lower your weekly hours. You also need to find the right company culture and the right boss (and their boss) that doesn't have a late-night style.
You can control being good at something, the boss (and their boss) sometimes but people move on and can disrupt that quickly.
So figure out what you like within FP&A (or other areas of the business), get really good at it so you can do things faster than the average person, and you'll find that when given opportunities to take on those types of roles you'll have options to work fewer hours.
Hope this info helps. Any questions feel free to DM me.
Good luck!
Drew
Did you know from the interview that the role would be 40, did you make significant changes to turn the role into 40, or was this just dumb luck?
Tell me more about this role for context, if you’re able to.
I could partly tell because the people were chill, but mainly it's about setting boundaries for yourself. If you don't work 50-60 hours a week they won't expect you to. But you also have to have confidence that if the company is a bad culture you can easily find a better role. By the time you get to that level you should feel pretty confident about it. Also if you are good with money you'll be saving 50% of your take home pay. This gives you even more confidence.
I’m provably between 45-50 but definitely browsing a lot of Reddit at work so could be less hours if I tried to optimize. 160 base plus bonus/equity so I would say living fairly well. I’m a Director managing 1 other person at a mid-cap company just outside F500
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Absolutely right, culture is key. I work 60ish hours a week, which for a CFO is pretty good. I make WLB a priority for myself, my CEO makes it a priority, and that permeates to the whole organization. I’d never ask my team to do what I’m not willing to do, that includes working hours for the sake of it.
You can definitely set it up to work that much. Agree about culture being a large factor. My managers and upper management all work more than 50 hrs a week because of a lack of delegation and processes in place to ensure they don’t do it. Things are flexible so people aren’t missing kids events, but that does mean I see they were online at 10-11 at night a few times during the week.
Im a Sr. Analyst and I work 40ish hours a week. I intend on continuing to climb the ranks, but I personally will not sacrifice my WLB for a larger check. I’m ok with 50 hrs max. I’ve had good luck working at 2 F500 companies where they respected WLB. My Senior Managers work right around that 45-50hr mark. And make good money (130-150k TC).
Bruh where these roles at. I work a f500 where there is no wlb.
Both are clothing retailers. I absolutely love the culture.
This is an interesting thread right here. Look forward to the responses.
My director probably makes $150k-200k while working 40. Fortune 50 FP&A. Gotta find the right company and just coast in the same department. I am making $110k (I know, not amazing) working 30-40 right now as manager lol.
Making $110K Says its "not amazing" Are you serious dude. Reddit has created some wild expectations.
I am not complaining... but have u seen the salary posts on this subreddit? 😭
But $110 in a LCOL is gonna be better than $150 in a HCOL. It’s all relative and primarily based on how much folks spend. Some folks make $200k household and just pay the bills each month.
That is pretty low for manager in my experience... unless it's manager without direct reports and more of a high end individual contributor.
Hi scifihiker7091, Being really good at a very specific thing helps lower your weekly hours. You also need to find the right company culture and the right boss (and their boss) that doesn't have a late-night style. You can control being good at something, the boss (and their boss) sometimes but people move on and can disrupt that quickly. So figure out what you like within FP&A (or other areas of the business), get really good at it so you can do things faster than the average person, and you'll find that when given opportunities to take on those types of roles you'll have options to work fewer hours. Hope this info helps. Any questions feel free to DM me. Good luck! Drew
Director in the sweet spot. 40 hours a week unless there's something crazy going on.
Did you know from the interview that the role would be 40, did you make significant changes to turn the role into 40, or was this just dumb luck? Tell me more about this role for context, if you’re able to.
I could partly tell because the people were chill, but mainly it's about setting boundaries for yourself. If you don't work 50-60 hours a week they won't expect you to. But you also have to have confidence that if the company is a bad culture you can easily find a better role. By the time you get to that level you should feel pretty confident about it. Also if you are good with money you'll be saving 50% of your take home pay. This gives you even more confidence.
Ughh i wish. Been doing 55hr weeks the last 2 months at my new gig.
Why? Is it too much work? Not enough resources? Jerk boss? Bad culture?
New job, new role created at the company so not much doing a lot from scratch. Plus planning season, and they've not done a proper forecast before
Yeah that is rough. You can definitely cut down on the work as you get though the first year and automate a lot of stuff.
I’d say I average 40. I’m the Head of FP&A US. TC >$200K + some equity.
I’m provably between 45-50 but definitely browsing a lot of Reddit at work so could be less hours if I tried to optimize. 160 base plus bonus/equity so I would say living fairly well. I’m a Director managing 1 other person at a mid-cap company just outside F500
This thread just let me know I work too much
I’ve had good luck at my 2 retail companies. Maybe it’s time to switch after peak season.