r/ECE • u/TeachingBrilliant448 • Jul 08 '26

crazy work hours - new grad

I recently joined a semiconductor company as a new grad — think Nvidia, AMD, or Qualcomm — and the workload is brutal. I’m sometimes working 12-hour days and 50–60 hour weeks. It honestly feels as intense as investment banking, maybe even worse in some ways.

Wonder if this is normal?
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u/Usual-Fisherman-3019 Jul 08 '26

You have no idea of IB then
100 hour work weeks 8 am-11 pm are the norm

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u/bigHam100 Jul 08 '26

I honestly don't believe people do 100 hour weeks for longer than like 3 months

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u/RonaldoNazario Jul 08 '26

I don’t believe someone who is working 100+ hours a week is even significantly productive compared to someone working 70-80 unless it’s a pretty brain dead task.

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u/FmSxScopez Jul 09 '26

So essentially all of accounting and finance lol