<p>Bankers and lawyers have long had punishing work schedules. Has the pandemic – and a widespread move towards flexible working – changed that? Guest host Bethan Staton speaks to Craig Coben, a former senior investment banker at Bank of America and Deutsche Bank, as well as Suzi Ring, the FT’s legal correspondent. They discuss why client satisfaction trumps work-life balance, why law firms can’t just hire twice as many lawyers to work half as hard, and what bankers actually <em>do</em> during a 100-hour work week.</p><br><p><strong>Want more? Free links:</strong></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/3Y5b1TW" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The ‘80-hour circuit breaker’: Wall Street banks tackle workloads of junior staff</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/3Yp7gtP" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">High pressure, long days, crushing workloads: why is investment banking like this?</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/3UcnHHf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">London’s junior lawyers deserve their £150,000 pay</a></p><br><p>Presented by Bethan Staton, produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval, mixed by Simon Panayi. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s head of audio.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/ad39e933-c8ff-404f-8093-3d5ada98f2ad" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
