One of my first 100% legal jobs after college. Data analysis for a bank.

Monday after lunch, boss fordwards an email requesting to prepare special detailed report for new investors. It had to be done by wednesday at earliest possible hour, so he could have the day to review and present it on thursday.

This report was special as in, none of the regular reports that I already had automated were enough, and it required several additional capital markets trend analysis. To add insult to injury, he had received the original email thursday last week (a week well before the investors needed the data).

So, Monday becomes an all nighter. Tuesday arrives and I'm still there, in the same clothes as on Monday, page 70 and counting. Some coworkers from design were helping out on Tuesday night, making the report pretty and professional.

By 3am Wednesday I'm done with over 100 pages of detailed stats, with references and attached statements, and a 5 page executive summary. I stay at work until 5am to make sure everything is ok with the design team, who tell me to go get some sleep, they've got it from there on.

I rent a cheap Hotel room a couple of blocks down the street and go to sleep, it's almost 6am Wednesday by then. Of course, I oversleep. Wake up terrified at 10am, take a quick shower, change my shirt (still same pants and underwear as on Monday), get to work by 10:30 am.

Boss had arrived at 8:30, and was angry. Proceeds to call me lazy, that the design team stayed up all night finishing the report and I should've done the same thing. By the way, the design team had been given the morning off by their boss, one of the coolest ladies I've ever met.

I lasted just one more paycheck there and handed in my resignation.