Anyone on the bench ever just not do anything? Like not even turn on their computer because they have absolutely nothing to do?

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yes that's the point

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I do this while staffed..

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Good luck with that...Being on the bench is a test (or so I see it) Are you a "self-starter" and can find shit to do when you're not given any, or are you going to wait for someone to hand you something on a plate. It's about hustle. If you can't find anything to do, you need to find people that are juggling a million things around you and offer to take few from each and start juggling. If you ain't jugglin', someone will eventually notice and ask you to politely GTFO. Don't get stuck in the rut, enjoy the down time, but give yourself a two week limit, and then start banging on doors for anything you can scrap, which leads to the real work. I'd rather find a gig internally than having to look for one outside. You have to build your internal "book of busy-ness" even if you're not in sales.

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Yeah i once painted my house while on the bench/beach while at a prior firm. Or play golf. Take a conf call from the course if ya have to

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Please don't be like that .... Ur firm will fire your ass if they notice you Not doing jack shit

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Complete your CPE credits for the year :)

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I was on the beach for 2 weeks, so I decided to make the most of it and went to Thailand.

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Currently on the bench doing a refresher Microeconomics Coursera class before grad school in the fall.

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For a day or two yeah usually ok but I try to have things lined up by the end of week 2. I usually start looking end date -1.5 weeks so that you get on something you want rather than some bs. If you're smart about it you can get on a project you want, enjoy the bench, and recharge efficiently

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Explore-- find projects, plan your approach to them and just map out how yore gonna get on something you want . How I plan: what Industry and role next, does it fit with my story / can sell?, who do I need to talk to and what do I say, how do j open conversation. I have always gotten projects I wanted like seriously good projects

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I was on the bench for like two months last year, but knew I was staffed on a project waiting to sign the contract. I basically say on Reddit all day long.

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Boooooo

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I've heard people go on vacations, get staffed on a project, and have to finagle how not to show up to a client interview the next day. Ppl have also gone on to have another job while on the bench.

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All the time. They don't call it a beach for nothin

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Maybe for a morning or two. I think it's ok as long as folks know how to reach you.

Is just with the 4th of July coming up, a ton of people are out of the office / no new projects starting up so it makes it even more difficult to do something outside of, well, nothing....

Yah the 1 and 4 off made things odd this year

@M1, Already done! For FY17 :) I'm not a complete waste of breathe

I'm on the bench working on 3 pursuits.. You want to help lol?

What group you in S1?

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