Anyone else have a pet peeve with EM’s using a current phase code to block off schedules for future phases? More often then not, this means un-utilized bench time when it takes a month for the new SOW

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Such bullshit at the staff level where VC is based on utilization and various tier outcomes can hinge on a week's worth of utilization

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As long as you're able to bill those hours even if the work doesn't sell then I have no problem with this at all.

@SM1 - I cannot. The week of or the Friday before if the SOW isn’t signed the hours get dumped from my schedule

At EY a month is getting on the long side. If it were 2 weeks then it's accepted bc continuity of resources on something that is "about to sell" is preferred. If it starts getting to folks losing out on other chargeable projects, then that's def a problem.

@SA1 - exactly. to some extent I do not control my util

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