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Do real men work evenings?
8 April 2008COMMENTS
Real work begins after 5pm, for another 8 hours! Read all comments »Is it only women and children who stop work in the afternoon and spend their evenings having fun?
According to an (admittedly facetious) email allegedly sent from a hedge fund manager to a client, the answer may well be yes.
In an article that’s since been mysteriously pulled from its website, the Telegraph reported last weekend that one London hedge fund manager had allegedly lambasted his clients for being a “bunch of women” and suggested that they “work like real men” and stay in the office after hours.
Independently of the machinations of this particular case (which was also touched upon by The Mirror), is the sentiment behind the alleged email correct? Is evening work mandatory in financial services? And are men its principal practitioners?
Your comments please…
COMMENTS
Anonymous, Quantitative Analytics, Tue 08 Apr 08
It depends what you class as 'after hours'. Afetr midnight? 1am?...
Add your comment »Andrew Okumu, Accounting, Tue 08 Apr 08
Late hours are becoming more and more expected,and it takes some guile to go away early all the time. But is is a matter of preference too. Some guys work late so as to proceed to the favourite pub just in the nick of time!
Add your comment »swkeng, Risk Management, Tue 08 Apr 08
Real work begins after 5pm, for another 8 hours?
Add your comment »Banker, Investment Banking / M & A, Tue 08 Apr 08
Well, that hedge fund manager sounds like a delightful chap. Why didn't he just call them gay while he was at it?
The only thing that's mandatory here is getting all your work done... sadly that usually takes us (men and women) to 10/11pm/later
swkeng, Risk Management, Tue 08 Apr 08
Real work begins after 5pm, for another 8 hours!
Add your comment »L Sanchez, Consultancy, Tue 08 Apr 08
Late hours most of the time reflect bad planning or poor execution. In other cases it reflects the current syndrome of replacing personal commitments with company/business commitments. In any case both situations are bad and reflect inefficiencies in the company culture and represent significant risk both to the company and the society as a whole. Jobs should be adequately structure to be performed in a defined time, and performance should incorporate this aspect. At the end, all of us have to answer honestly the question of whether the company (which in the financial sector are earning billions), is paying you enough for the personal sacrifices you are making!
Add your comment »R Masunungure, Asset Management, Tue 08 Apr 08
it depends on the personality of the person under consideration, their remuneration, whether or not one has other commitments like part time lecturing/ courses/studies and also volume of work one is supposed to do a day.
Add your comment »Banker, Investment Banking / M & A, Tue 08 Apr 08
L Sanchez - spoken like a true consultant.
Add your comment »DabDab, Hedge Funds, Tue 08 Apr 08
What a ridiculous debate.
I wish I could make money with very little work!
And how sad are those who can define their sexuality on the number of hours worked or the shift!
RealDad, Hedge Funds, Tue 08 Apr 08
He might think he's a real man but he's certainly not a real dad. Anyone who spends that long in the office doesn't really have a life either. Sell your soul? No thank you. Be brave enough to work the hours you want to and tell the clock watchers to get stuffed.
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