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people making over $100k in salary in PPC, what does your work life balance look like when you get to that level?
Edit: how many of you work more than 40 hours a week? and if so how often?
How many hours a week are you working a week?
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Also from your experience has your work life balance improved as you progressed in your career in PPC or got worse?
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I’m not salaried anymore so I can’t answer part of the question, but my work conditions were infinitely better than when I started. It only got better and better over the years.
It’s absolutely mad how much I used to work, ho mentally stressful it was at the beginning of my career, all that for very little pay. I now work about 3 times less than when I started.
I’m open for more work, but I’m not financially struggling with what I have today, so it’s not all bad.
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I’m salaried and we don’t count/track the hours we work. As long as your work is taken care off, the number of hours you’re putting in doesn’t matter. Productivity is not measured by time.
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i moved passed actual hands on keyboard in the platforms so now i manage people that do.
depends on so many factors so theres no one specific answer.
i will assume that at that level of salary, youre tackling different problems and you are client managing abit more.
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Over $200k now and I work maybe 2 hours a day. Campaigns are smooth sailing BC I put in the work when I was $80k. I could take on more contracts but I’m quite enjoying this almost retired feeling lifestyle. FI/RE is within grasp
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For all the people that can answer this question:
I think if you make such claims that you work only a couple of hours per day and make over $100k, you should give more information on where you work, what kinds of accounts are you running and what is your role in management.
Give people who are striving to get there some kind of useful information, not just 1 sentence on how you are living the life.
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Over 15 years of experience and been freelancing FT for 5 years now. It’s hard to measure the number of hours I am working every single day. It does include weekends and pretty much 365 days a year if anyone is wondering. Do you need to work when you are on a trip? Absolutely. I usually work with clients spending close to $100K a month. I am often hired to be a senior specialist and train juniors when it comes to very big brands. Otherwise, I do the work myself. What else do you need to know?
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Since I’m in corporate in EU it’s all strictly regulated. I work 39 hours per week with any minute extra being added to a “time-account” that I can use to take time off elsewhere.
I don’t have any obligations to answer the phone or mails when I’m not in office. If there’s emergencies or something that needs extra attention it’s added to the time-account at a 25% premium. We have people “on-call” for weekends as well and they get compensated for staying ready and get extra compensation if their work is needed, as well as the hours they put it.
Never had a better work-life experience in my career before 🙂
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150k working for an agg. Lots of work, can be stressful. But i can disconnect easily after 5pm.
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I was very fortunate, I was given the chance to open up a new territory for a UK agency.
I make solid money, and supplement with freelance.
Most of my job now is BD, working on strategy and client relationships for bigger clients, making sure my team’s capacity is reasonable, and commercial planning.
The freelance means I’m still up to date with platform changes – I see a lot of more senior, hands-off people get very rusty, then try to sell in redundant tactics.
Some weeks are 70-75 hours, some are 30. But it’s been very rewarding building something from nothing. And 75% of the time really good fun.
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I world 7 days a week about 5 hours a day. I just weave me personal like in and out of work.
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I left and started my own thing (where I make a similar amount for myself) but when I was in agency my 100k+ role looked like:
– lots of meetings with clients
– lots of meetings with my team
– a lot of accountability with my boss
– limited in account work, unless things were going wrong or a junior team member needed help
– usually 8am to 5pm ish, except during reporting or busy times.I managed to very rarely work weekends because I told my boss that was a condition of mine when I started. Any time I did have to engage on a weekend I took the next Monday off.
I worked between 44-50 hours a week. But it was almost entirely meetings or management.
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I work about 2-4 hours a day depending on how things are going. Currently around $225k per year and counting. I was lucky enough to land a really large client through my connections. I made the jump from corporate America and feel like I am living a new, more fulfilling life.
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still can’t believe people making $100K+ in this domain.
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Working max 40 hours in my “day job” (not counting freelance work). Work life balance is better than in any past position – as I’ve moved up in my career I’ve found myself moving into companies and departments that are more and more respectful of personal balance. In my current position I leave all devices behind in my home office after work hours, ignore email outside of 8-5, and nobody has a problem with it. Our management also specifically tells us not to take any work devices on vacation.
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For the first $100k in earnings it takes me about 25 hours a week. However, most of these accounts I’ve worked on for 9 years and are remarkably steady meaning not a lot of changes needed (fingers crossed). The almost 2nd $100K in gross earnings takes probably 35 hours a week because newer accounts, pitch work involved, etc.
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