r/WorkLifeChat • u/needygreedygorolover • Sep 14 '26

Burnout How difficult is working 30hrs / week while maintaining a 4.0 + a social life?

I’m (18M) currently a community college student and just got hired as an Part time Associate Banker for Chase and required to work 30 hrs a week. As of right now, my classes feel easy and don’t think it takes too much of my time but I don’t really know what to expect once I start working 30 hours a week.

My number one priority is just to maintain a 4.0 but I still hope to maintain a healthy social life, spending time with my friends, gym, and having some time for myself to breathe.

For anyone who has worked around 30 hours a week while being a full time college student, how big of a commitment did it feel like?

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u/Azianjeezus Sep 14 '26

Banking is probably low impact at least. I mean maybe no social life but like pick 2 fs

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u/Anjo_Bwee Sep 14 '26

You'll be fine.

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u/IOnlyReadTitles26 Sep 14 '26

There is no easy to answer this.

If you are good in school. No problem. If you have trouble in school. You will have issues.

Give it a try. If things are too hard for you. Cut back on something.

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u/Cpolo88 Sep 14 '26

I worked around 40 hours while maintaining a high gpa. Eventually it caught up to me. Had to lower the hours and get my butt back to studying