Big Wall Street Banks Are Limiting Workweek Hours — to 80

An 80-hour workweek means working from 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. six days a week — not the norm for most Americans, who log an average of 34 hours per week.

But for some junior bankers on Wall Street, an 80-hour week maximum workweek will be a relief.

JPMorgan Chase is now instituting a limit to working hours after new investigations showed that junior investment bankers are putting in more than 100 hours per week.

Bank of America is also trying to enforce an 80-hours per week cap with a new time reporting tool, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing anonymous sources. The tool will reportedly roll out next

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