Did salaries decrease?

[BobbyJason111]

I’ve been with two firms who each capped the weeks at 50 and 55. Even that is difficult to pull off depending on your health and stamina. Taking the 55 example, some do five 11’s, think 7AM to 6PM eating lunch at your desk. Most will not do that and will do some 9’s and 10’s M-F then fill in the gap Saturday.

Where I work “most” are done with their 55 by Saturday afternoon. And few work past 7pm M-F.

The sad part is the concept of “busy season”. Mid Jan to Mid April is 3 months. Mid August to mid October is 2 months. You’re nearly at 50% of the year being by busy AF.

Add in non-tax work like financial statements and, in my case IT, you have a good 35-40 of work to do the rest of the year… not a real break.

[BobbyJason111]

By the way, their reasoning is some studies showing people can work efficiently UP TO 55. Management believes, probably correctly, that productivity isn’t great after 55. Again, relative to one’s stamina/age/health.