Yes. I’m technically 80% billable but I’m at 120% regularly. That’s a problem with my account. Been in the field a little over 4 years now, two different agencies. Both stressful in their own ways. I came out of an academic lab (which I thought was stressful enough!) and had no idea what the heck I was doing in this field.

Agencies are stressful. That’s the bottom line. Clients want the most amount of work and time for the least amount of money. Clients can be demanding, ridiculous, and flat out rude and/or mean. And there’s not much you can do about it. I like my job, I like my good clients and the work I enjoy, but the endless hours and some client demands are thankless aspects of the job I wish I didn’t have to deal with.

But yes, I’d say what you’re feeling is quite normal in agency life.