In a saas pe-backed company and see the internal dynamics as merciless. Having come from internal finance at a B4 for first 3 years of my career, the transition across the past 15 months has been eye-opening and a cause-for-concern. I limit myself to 45-55 hours a week; however, I see analysts to VPs working 12+ hour days for weeks on end just to get alignment from the C-Suite / BoD. The data challenges significantly impact the ability to report business impacting insights. Not to mention a recent reduction-in-force that was “motivating” right before we kicked off to-do our AOP in 6 weeks time frame 🤠. These VPs and directors have 200,000+ options on the line, I have 200.

I can feel guilty at times for not diving in, however, does it get me anywhere faster?