At what level does your utilization become an issue?

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I dream about a 27% utilization rate

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it's just a non busy time my senior is leaving and I'm taking over so they kinda need me

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I'm 27% at staff 2... there's no work. I have emails asking for work to back me up

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EY1, not to be rude but why are they keeping you?

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Lol so my groups utilization on average is abysmal. Like <40% average across the board, not just staff in a group that is mostly staff. it's because of EY's bullshit vision 2020 plan. They think the hiring will drive the business but have incompetent leadership and decision makers.

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Utilization is like realization in that's it's a best guess as a metric. In tax, 70% can take 100% of your time. I'd agree though you should be at 70% as a minimum goal. If below, talk to somebody and they can tell you it's ok.

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Tax associate goal is 80%? Senior is 85%, manager 75%, director 72% and partner around 40%. Metrics play a big part in performance ratings especially utilization. So if at year-end you are nowhere near your peer group's average you can kiss that 1 and 2 rating goodbye.

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Damn..

Have you talked to you coach and/or HR about your low utilization? They should find opportunities for you to get it (utilization) up unless you are considered a dud

Sounds like you're not going to be around for long EY1

Barely any work has been going around and I've been doing admin work that is gonna be turned into charged work which should bring my utilization 10-20%

What area is this? My utilization is over 100%.

NYC - indirect prop tax. Staff averages 77% for YE so yeah it's a group that doesn't work too hard lol

Depends on staffing level but south of 70% prompts a discussion somewhere

I've been over 120% utilization all year. Take my smallest client and you'd be set.

Yeah but it's all just on paper. If you can get your shit done way ahead of schedule, you can bill to your utilization goal and have it easy. If the job is way underbilled, which smaller markets run into all the time...your utilization will be high and realization shit even if you eat a ton of hours. And at the end of the day, your salary is fixed so why does the firm even care? You finish one client and your salary is covered. Second client is overhead and some profit. Third is money back to them.

^ preaching to the choir

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