If only real life fitted so neatly on a spreadsheet !
Some days I can seal a several £M deal with nothing more than a couple of emails. Other days it can take several hours and lots of effort to nail down a five grand order. Some days I can do everything I need to do in a couple of hours, other days can stretch to 18 hours of work.
Some weeks I can work 4 days a week, others I'm flat out for 7 days. The fashion industry has particular pinch points at certain times of year and has never been any different. Many have tried to resist it, all have failed. You have to go the extra miles when needed, often at very short or no notice, but have to learn to take the benefits of the less pressured moments when they are available.
What hours I work or expect others to, is entirely functional of the opportunities presented on the day coupled with the ones you can create.
If you were to ask me what I'm doing next Monday, or the day after that, or the week following, I can tell you what I reasonably expect those days to bring at the moment, but I may well have to completely change plans depending on what is happening in particular, at the retail "coalface" that week.
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