A Day In The Life Of An Analyst At Analysis Group

It varies day by day, so it can be hard to give a standard template of a day. I would say the day would start with me coming in around 9 o'clock, perhaps a little earlier if I have things to get done before morning meetings.

The morning might begin with a call or a meeting with the team, or a couple of teammates, to discuss the workflow for the day and any deliverables due that morning. After that meeting, or after reviewing what needs to be discussed, I would go back to my desk and get my work done.

Then, there's typically a lunch break, which is important for staying well-fed and hydrated, especially on busy days. In the afternoon, I might reach out to teammates to get any questions out of the way or follow up on what was discussed in the morning meeting. The goal would be to get deliverables done.

I'd try to wrap things up at the end of the afternoon, either with another team meeting or a quick call. This would be to discuss where things stand and what needs to be done over the ensuing days. If we had something planned for the afternoon from the morning meeting, we'd set a hard deadline and check in to make sure everything is done and ready. That's a standard day in the life, typically from around 9 AM to 6 PM.

There were days that were a lot quieter and shorter, and also days, given the nature of consulting, that were a lot longer. I'd be happy to discuss those anomalous "radio Socratic days" further. The template I gave is kind of the standard day.

Yes, so in analysis group's line of work, there are often deadlines or what we call filing days. Part of their work is litigation consulting, which is support for expert witness testimony. When the court has a filing day, you have to get your report in by that date and time.

This often leads to a strong and fast push at the end of a project or case to meet that deadline. I remember days where the worst was being up at 2 or 3 AM trying to get work done for a deadline the next day at noon. We needed to push as hard as we possibly could.

One night, a teammate and I finished at 4 AM. We were going through a lot of the documentation of the case, making sure we had proper citations, double-checking calculations, and pretty much any detail we came across. Then we were back at it the next day at 8 AM. That's about as bad as it got.

On the other side, if it was a light week with few client meetings or deliverables, I would go into my office and run whatever data analysis I needed. I would then work on the communicative aspect, whether it be a presentation, an email, a Word document, or a summary memo. It would be a light, maybe six-hour day, with a lot of flexibility to go meet people afterward and live my life. Those are the tail ends of the spectrum for what a day can look like at a place like analysis group.