bankers' hours
Brief professional schedule
Bankers' hours refers to a short workday, typically around 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.—the traditional hours when bank lobbies were open to customers.
The phrase is usually disparaging, implying someone works less than a full day: Must be nice working bankers' hours.
The expression persists despite modern banking's extended hours.
- nine-to-fiveRegular office schedule
- part-time workEmployment below full hours
- lazinessUnwillingness to exert oneself
- easy moneyProfit gained effortlessly
- elitismPreference for privileged rule
long lunch · short day · leisure class · country club · entitlement · flextime · privilege · corporate culture · corner office · professionalism · work-life balance · lunch breaks · time clock · loan officer · Wall Street · shift work · white-collar · deposit slip
bankers' hourslong hours
Excessive time working
overtime · round-the-clock · 24/7 · double shifts · mandatory overtime
bankers' hoursslave labor
Coerced unpaid servitude
backbreaking work · nose to the grindstone · rat race · hustle culture · grind
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