Wondering whether this is how it is going to be as BA
Recently I have been wondering whether I am going in the right direction or not for my career long term.
A background: I started off career as software developer, then I worked for 2 years as a product analyst b2c, and recently made switch into business analyst role for B2B, and very quickly was taken up for lead business analyst.
So currently I am leading a team of 4 BAs, and everyday interacting with company CEO, managers, client's product owners and managers. Which is great. I had once dreamed of being in this role.
But the issue is the meetings start at 8am and goes on till 3pm back to back with all different stakeholders internally and client side and dev team, QAs, etc. I start my actual work or checking with my team after 3pm.
At the end of the day I am completely exhausted to the point that I cant make even simple decisions for my dinner. I had not expected the meetings to hike up to go on for 7 hours.
This has made me question whether is this how the role will be once I go up the ladder ? I am already exhausted and barely keeping up with the lead role.