Big 4/Accenture 🐠. Does you have stories of being counseled out for poor utilization then moving on to a different firm? What did you learn? To me staying utilized is harder than the actual work.

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Yup. S& laid off about 20% in certain practices (even new hires from MBA'16) simply because of no work. Had nothing to do with performance. Idk where they are now but most are trying to leverage their b-school network.

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Even more, let me just magically create a project that needs to add staff.

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I guess we can call ourselves freelancers since we have to find our own work🙄

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I somehow find that hard to believe. I've been consulting for 5 years and haven't had a single bench day. I'm definitely doing something wrong. Would love me some bench time...yah i know I know be careful what I wish for..

Then you're not working hard enough.

None at EY that I've heard recently

EY1 what practice? Did you find each opportunity yourself?

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