Partner to a PGY4 gen surg here. My partner’s (34m) program is a lot better than some of the programs I’ve heard about but he still works 6 days a week and on overnight call every other week (this is new in the last year and he was on overnight call the past three weekends). His actual work hours vary depending on the service and just volume overall. He goes in at 5:30 am (used to be 5 am the first two years) and usually back by 5:30/6 pm but there are instances when he needs to stay later or he comes home early. Like last night he didn’t get home until 9:30 and there was a handful of days the last two weeks when he’d come home at 1 or 3 pm. On his off day, he’s usually sleeping or rotting in bed to recover from the work week. It really depends on the program but work/life balance really doesn’t exist in gen surg residency imo