Unfortunately, the long hours portrayed in that series are actually truth in television. White House staffers at all levels work insane hours, the higher you go the worse it gets. There's a reason why almost nobody stays past 4 years, and most burn out around 18 months to 2 years in: The hours suck.
Additionally, the Executive Office of the President, the WH staffers we all see and are familiar with? 300 people, maximum. Doing everything. They're supported by a ton of people in other organizations, but a lot of the hard stuff falls on them.
In return and in slight compensation, most of them are set for their future careers (note that most WH staff are very young - 20s and 30s - George Stephanopoulos was (in)famously 33 or so when he started working at the White House).
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Date: 2017-06-22 12:52 am (UTC)Unfortunately, the long hours portrayed in that series are actually truth in television. White House staffers at all levels work insane hours, the higher you go the worse it gets. There's a reason why almost nobody stays past 4 years, and most burn out around 18 months to 2 years in: The hours suck.
Additionally, the Executive Office of the President, the WH staffers we all see and are familiar with? 300 people, maximum. Doing everything. They're supported by a ton of people in other organizations, but a lot of the hard stuff falls on them.
In return and in slight compensation, most of them are set for their future careers (note that most WH staff are very young - 20s and 30s - George Stephanopoulos was (in)famously 33 or so when he started working at the White House).