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Average work hours for CEO (according to the article): 62.5/week. I’m guessing that’s also true of those who are trying to become CEO. Personally, I’d rather n

by p1esk 2y ago

Average work hours for CEO (according to the article): 62.5/week. I’m guessing that’s also true of those who are trying to become CEO. Personally, I’d rather not spend almost all my waking hours at work, most of my life.

wslh 2y ago
If you enjoy your work, 62.5 hours per week doesn’t seem excessive, especially if you spread some of that time over the weekends. At that point, you could compare it to how long artists and scientists typically work. Eight hours of sleep is generally sufficient for most people. Personally, I consider physical activity at the CEO level to be part of their work time.
dahart 2y ago
It’s true; CEOs and direct reports to the CEO are often working long hours. It’s important to note that, motivation-wise, running a company is very different from being a worker at a company under a manager. From experience running my own (very small) company, its very easy to put in long hours for something that’s your own, something where anything that goes wrong is your responsibility, something where success is defined by and depends on you. It’s much harder to motivate long hours as a regular employee, especially if the extra hours aren’t your choice and/or are the result of problems other people created. Being in charge is not for everyone, but for some, sixty hours a week is relatively light.
rc_mob 2y ago
After they settle in for a fee years. CEO's take far far more vacations than me or you.
- FredPret 2y ago
  More vacays != less time worked
  - resoluteteeth 2y ago
    If a normal employee claimed to still be working full time while on vacation they would call it "quiet vacationing" and probably fire them if they found out.
    - Ancapistani 2y ago
      Some of us do. I’ve been in a hotel/resort for the past week. I didn’t take time off or notify my employer, though my direct manager is aware. No one cares, because my work still gets done.
resoluteteeth 2y ago
I would take those numbers with a grain of salt. CEOs aren't usually accountable to anyone for how they calculate their hours, so the statistics tend to be self-reported, but they have an incentive to make the numbers as high as possible to seem like they are working hard and deserve their salaries, sand as a result, it seems like they often tend to do things like include activities that everyone has to do but wouldn't normally be allowed to count as hours of work. For example, the wall street journal had this infamous infographic a while ago where 20 hours of CEOs' supposed working hours go to a "miscellaneous" category which includes "exercise" and "personal appointments": https://imgur.com/jkQZ0YX https://imgur.com/jkQZ0YX
bschmidt1 2y ago
I don't believe the typical CEO is working harder or longer hours than the workers. The few that are may be as part of a lifestyle, because they want to.

by p1esk 2y ago

wslh 2y ago

If you enjoy your work, 62.5 hours per week doesn’t seem excessive, especially if you spread some of that time over the weekends. At that point, you could compare it to how long artists and scientists typically work. Eight hours of sleep is generally sufficient for most people. Personally, I consider physical activity at the CEO level to be part of their work time.

dahart 2y ago

It’s true; CEOs and direct reports to the CEO are often working long hours. It’s important to note that, motivation-wise, running a company is very different from being a worker at a company under a manager. From experience running my own (very small) company, its very easy to put in long hours for something that’s your own, something where anything that goes wrong is your responsibility, something where success is defined by and depends on you. It’s much harder to motivate long hours as a regular employee, especially if the extra hours aren’t your choice and/or are the result of problems other people created. Being in charge is not for everyone, but for some, sixty hours a week is relatively light.

rc_mob 2y ago

After they settle in for a fee years. CEO's take far far more vacations than me or you.

FredPret 2y ago
More vacays != less time worked
- resoluteteeth 2y ago
  If a normal employee claimed to still be working full time while on vacation they would call it "quiet vacationing" and probably fire them if they found out.
  - Ancapistani 2y ago
    Some of us do. I’ve been in a hotel/resort for the past week. I didn’t take time off or notify my employer, though my direct manager is aware. No one cares, because my work still gets done.

resoluteteeth 2y ago

I would take those numbers with a grain of salt. CEOs aren't usually accountable to anyone for how they calculate their hours, so the statistics tend to be self-reported, but they have an incentive to make the numbers as high as possible to seem like they are working hard and deserve their salaries, sand as a result, it seems like they often tend to do things like include activities that everyone has to do but wouldn't normally be allowed to count as hours of work. For example, the wall street journal had this infamous infographic a while ago where 20 hours of CEOs' supposed working hours go to a "miscellaneous" category which includes "exercise" and "personal appointments": https://imgur.com/jkQZ0YX https://imgur.com/jkQZ0YX

bschmidt1 2y ago

I don't believe the typical CEO is working harder or longer hours than the workers. The few that are may be as part of a lifestyle, because they want to.