I don't have any off-hand, but one well-studied case in point is the concept of "billable hours" in law firms. Attorney were expected to bill 1200 hours to the client. They were still working 40 hours per week, but the other 880 were spent on continuing education, meeting clients, etc.
Today, the expectation is 2000 billable hours. That makes for about a 60-hour work week. If you're a 7th-year associate trying to make partner, you have to bill 2000 hours (metered work) and drum up business on your own time.
In the white-shoe days, attorneys were expected to bill 1200 hours per year, which comes out to 23 per week. There was still a 40-hour expectation, but they could spend the rest of their time on self-directed pursuits professional/career development, networking, looking for clients, and call it "work".
Now, attorneys in those firms are expected to bill 2000 hours, which means they have to be putting a full-time commitment to just billing, and any professional development or networking has to come on top of that.
Comments
I don't have any off-hand, but one well-studied case in point is the concept of "billable hours" in law firms. Attorney were expected to bill 1200 hours to the client. They were still working 40 hours per week, but the other 880 were spent on continuing education, meeting clients, etc.
Today, the expectation is 2000 billable hours. That makes for about a 60-hour work week. If you're a 7th-year associate trying to make partner, you have to bill 2000 hours (metered work) and drum up business on your own time.
This is 1200/2000 billable hours per year? I'm not following the math.
In the white-shoe days, attorneys were expected to bill 1200 hours per year, which comes out to 23 per week. There was still a 40-hour expectation, but they could spend the rest of their time on self-directed pursuits professional/career development, networking, looking for clients, and call it "work".
Now, attorneys in those firms are expected to bill 2000 hours, which means they have to be putting a full-time commitment to just billing, and any professional development or networking has to come on top of that.