Charge/work more hours to meet your utilization goal.. WAIT there are strict budgets, don't charge the code too much #catch22

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I'll take what is public accounting for 200 Alex

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Consulting in general -

Hey guys were going to have to cut all remaining hours so the partner and managers can present at the client site -

The presentation needs to be done Friday, don't ask any questions and give us a stellar product

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its a retarded system...I will be forced to bill codes I didn't even start work on just to get minimum hours....you know to spread the love to all my budgets. eventually I get to a big client where I can dump the excess hours I been carrying forward.

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Happening at my firm. Partners are sitting on their book of clients not really adding any new ones. Managers sitting on their ass not getting new clients. Really their fault to blame, or stop low balling for audits hoping to add more services

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What is the target utilization for a Senior 2? Or number of chargeable hours goal? Is this ever hard to meet?

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Anyone afraid to take vacation in FY18, for fear of missing utilization? 🙋🏼🙋🏼‍♂️

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I’m an occupational therapist looking to transition out of traditional OT. I would like to get a remote position in Utilization Review or Appeals/Denials. I also recently got a data analytics certificate so would be open to healthcare analytics. Anyone know a resource or looking to hire for these?

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So, what happens if you miss your utilization/billable hour target by like 70-150 hours? Tons of "impactful" PRD work

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I am curious how other inclusion teachers are being utilized when the school is doing remote learning. I find that I am sitting in the zoom class and have very little opportunity to contribute. I am having discussions with my teachers on ways that I can better support them and the students when remote.

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What's the deal with PTO, holidays, and utilization?

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About to finish my first year. I’m a specialist. Only going to hit 65% of my hours (took a 4 week vacation cause of wedding/hm).

I never say no to work and i have fantastic reviews, and the head of my practice (with whom I work a lot for) has great things to say about me.

I’ve been fully utilized starting ~June, but first few months were slow. Am i fine?!

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I’ve been on the bench with less than 10% utilization for 3wks now. I’m a first year and the past month has been slower with not many new projects coming in. I do see a few new projects come in every week but I’m not getting staffed on them. Should I be worried? Should I ask my PM if I should be worried? We’re in a pretty small group less than 20 people

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Ratings on three projects - 3,2,2. Utilization - 90%... Proposal hours - 15... Firm activities - 43 hrs... I then get a YE rating of 4 😕 ... How worried I should be regarding the layoffs???

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Have any respiratory therapists found jobs OTHER than being a clinical RT? I want to possibly change careers, but I am finding that a lot of jobs (clinical liason, utilization review, etc) want you to have a nursing degree, not a respiratory degree. I feel like as an RT we are limited to jobs.

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Do you pay your credit cards in full every month?

I ask because I’ve let my credit spending get a bit lax since moving and adopting a puppy recently, so I haven’t been paying them off in full every month like I used to (though still well above the minimum payment, and keeping utilization at 30% or under). It got me thinking about how many people adhere to this advice.

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I have been tagged for this project that doesn’t start until June 10th. My utilization is going to drop significantly but at the same time the deployment team cannot present me elsewhere. Ugh!

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Here's a question I wish I never had to ask. Is it better to use the code for bereavement leave or just burn pto I'm going to lose anyway? Does it make a difference from a utilization standpoint?

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I just found out that people bill more than 8 hours in a day to help with utilization (ie. submitting 8.5 or 9 hours as a standard day). Is this common practice?

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This just in: Uncle Ernie telling us how shitty of a year we had and that they're stripping our firm-wide holidays so that we can be utilized more and reach our vision 2020 goals!

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How do I check my actual utilization (not the effective one). Mybusiness only tells me the effective utilization

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After getting kicked out of McK late last year, this gives me schadenfreude 🤣

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I'm 6 months old at D! Planning early promotion next year.. counselor and pm both are backing me.. I need to go to India for at least 4 weeks in Dec ... most probably would be rolling off from current project by then .. would this vacation hurt my promotion chances coz of utilization etc?

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How are you all feeling about going into the holiday season while being remote? Missing the company holiday parties, or happy to be able to do your own thing?

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Hi fishes,

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Stand up desk as a 2nd year...hardo look or acceptable

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Lol so Bloomberg is basically saying “if you don’t match Cravath, you are a Toyota of the legal industry”. I guess there will be a fight over who is a Rav4 and who is a Camry lolol

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What's the best way to stay productive throughout the day? I often hit an afternoon slump

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Hi Fishes,
Has anyone switched from INFOSYS to TCS

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Had 2 hours of billable work today 💀

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