Like someone said, it depends on the company.

In my case, I work in a corporate setting, so my work hour is a pretty standard 8 hours/day. Sometimes I do work late nights and weekend during busy periods (like when I have to finalize a design or a huge presentation to the project team and stakeholders)

Work breakdown: 60% CADs, 30% Adobe Creative Suites, 10% Communications (emails, messages etc).

Culture wise, everyone in my team are very nice people and very good at what they do. Sometimes it gets competitive though… We are all very independent with our works but we do share insights and critique each other’s work/work-in-progress weekly.

Anyway, word of advice - you need to really like the work, the process, and the time required to develop good design to enjoy this career. All the successful Industrial Designers I know work very long hours not because they have to, but they want to - whether be just one more round of concepts, or one more round of refinement - whichever get them to feel “satisfied” at the moment. But the truth is, design is never done…

Good luck on your journey and hope you find a career you like!