Can I take 3 personal days before the Thanksgiving break? Does it count as regular vacation and not affect my Effective Util?

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Pro tip - just do your job, charge your time, take vacation, forget about utilization

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Vacation is always counted towards effective utilization. In other news... utilization should never impact your desire to take a vacation.

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Vacation, personal days and illness are all taken out to calculate your effective utilization. Ultimately, the firm cares about full utilization at year end. Just take your vacation or personal days

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And take personal days whenever you like as long as it is ok with your schedule/team and doesnt interfere with deadlines. The fall holidays are usually easier to take time off because most clients are also taking time off and have fewer deadlines

Vacation hits full utilization right? I was told your effective takes into account vacation days? Wrong?

I thought only effective utilization matters?

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