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title: "70 hours a week the new standard?"
url: https://campbell-online.com/blog/2007/03/01/70-hours-a-week-the-new-standard/
description: "Before Barbara Agoglia left her job as a director in American Express’ small business unit, she was on the verge of burnout. Aside from logging upward of 50 hours per."
published: 2007-03-01
updated: 2007-03-01
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# 70 hours a week the new standard?

Published 2007-03-01

March 1, 2007 · [Uncategorized](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/uncategorized/) · [Knowledge work](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/knowledge-work/)

> Before Barbara Agoglia left her job as a director in American Express’ small business unit, she was on the verge of burnout. Aside from logging upward of 50 hours per week, she had a 90-minute commute to and from northern Westchester and had to be reachable to clients nearly 24-7.
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> The breaking point came when her son started kindergarten and she didn’t have time to wait with him at the bus stop. “The hamster-on-the-wheel analogy is the best way to describe how I felt,” she says. For Agoglia, quitting felt like her only option.
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> It’s a feeling shared by many Americans who know that simply working hard isn’t enough anymore. To get ahead, a 70-hour work week is the new standard.

[Crazy hours becoming the new standard - Forbes via MSNBC.com](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17030672/)

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