Do other firms have very slow / glitchy / low ram utilization computers?

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My a/c makes less noise than my machine

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Everyone at deloitte whines about their laptops - it's the company windows image that ruins even a decent computer 😒

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x2. Get a Mac if you can (should be easy if you're Cloud/Analytics/Dev/DevOps). It crashes maybe once a month or so (I never turn it off) but smooth besides that.

Yeah, that's why I get the Mac. Less D crap on it keeps it running smooth as a whistle. You can usually get RAM upgraded to 16gb tho thru your firm's IT, which often helps.

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We run 32 bit so more ram is wasted

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@BCG - doubtful that your PC is running a 32bit version of Windows 10, that would be ridiculous. Maybe the Office suite sure, but more RAM would help functioning in general.

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I want to break my laptop over my knee

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All employees should just break their laptop and be like gives us better laptops or we are not working on these shitty ones

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They give me Alienware with external gpu units and also pay for my extended curve Samsung monitor

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Are y’all hiring? 😂

i7 with 32Gigs of RAM ... Mine does fine

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Hp with i5, 8gb Ram, 120gb SSD.

It used to be decent but teams honestly kills the pc due to the memory needs. Also Accenture has put a ton of bloatware on it in the past year making it now crawl....

I left just before the HP laptop refresh, lots of people were in trying to get them fixed. You should be able to upgrade memory to 16gb thru IT tho.

i7, 16gb RAM (upgraded for project need), used to always do fine but struggles now with Teams

Mine struggles with teams also even though it’s otherwise fine. Thinking it’s maybe an internet issue more so than a computer issue though

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Got offer from BCG for ECT. Read numerous comments about ECT being not attractive compared to Generalist track. Also heard challenges about billability/utilization. Any views/ guidance appreciated!
I am not super keen to become a partner (selling) and main reason to join will be working with different clients, smart talented people and a good brand. End goal (at the moment atleast) is to stay for few years and return to the industry. 15 YOE

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Somewhat Deloitte specific, but the Deloitte bowl is mean so posting here

I’m up for promotion this year, and I’ve been working so hard and my feedback is amazing and I’ve wanted this for awhile. Now, an immediate relative is actively dying and I may go out on a short leave, and I also have some PTO planned so that I can visit family oversees later this fall. With all that’s happening, I’m not going to hit my 90% utilization target, which is a checkbox in my promo. (cont).

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For utilization for PY and YE review, does it go through 3/5/2022?

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Hi Fishes,

I Got this scatterplot and in all the check ins I have received a good feedback. MY Team lead says this is due to low utilization(78%)
Can anyone give insights ? Also what hike could I expect with this?
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Tech implementation folks, what is your utilization target (hrs/week)? How many hours do you actually work per week (incl. admin/non-billable work)?

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Received ECT AD in ops at BCG. I have two questions:
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In developing a new PM department within a small Pharma company a colleague and I are trying to determine the best PM software/program to utilize. For reference we are steering away from MS Project and currently looking into Smartsheets. Does anyone have any other recommendations for a program they found useful? We want to have a dashboard that collates information from cross functional teams but, that can simultaneously be utilized for the individual teams. Tracking milestones, risks,budget...

In light of all discussions on FB, it seems to me that individuals at our firm have been removed out of EY beyond PIP related issues.
To help the community brace itself, please provide facts on your Utilization, level, leads, YoE at EY, and network.
My experience seems that the ones let go, had weak network.

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How does it feel to earn less than US Consultants while also struggling for utilization

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Any Monitor Deloitte people in here based out of Southeast Asia? What is the avg. salary raise (base + performance bonus) should I expect from 1st year Consultant to 2nd year C? Current performance scatterplot is at highest top right, utilization rate 90%. Thanks!

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What does this Standard Utilisation and Adjusted Utilization mean? What should be the target Utilization.

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This group is for providing a unique platform for utilization of opportunities and delivering quality results in political consulting. It will also act as a go-to go network for all types of Political Campaigning & allied activities.
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Pros and Cons of Flexible/Unlimited time off policy while maintaining the utilization targets to avail leaves?

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Promoted to SSE with 25% hike and VP as 9% . I had received ACE award in Q3 . I have also maintained utilization report 100% still I got less VP. Can I ask manager to revisit the component

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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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fam, want to get out of debt in 2021. need help. i have ~95K in debt ~50/50 credit cards and student loans. my credit score is ~600. i make ~175K a yr. but the biggest hits on credit are 1) utilization and 2) history (~4 years avg). i made some mistakes with credit cards a few years ago and am holding ~40K @ ~22% int. my thought is to get a personal loan for ~50K but due to my credit, that’s also at ~20+%. think i can pay most of it in 2021 but feel like i have no recourse but to do it 20+ int

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Are utilization targets (%) always based on 40 hrs/wk, I.e 90% utilization = avg 36 billable hrs/wk?

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Hot take, for those who received a stimulus based on FY19 or FY18 returns why doesn’t the government make people pay it back in the FY20 return if they don’t qualify based on the actual tax year stimulus was for? I understand why they couldn’t wait but IrS knows who received it so it isn’t hard to implement. Could have used the anticipated saving coming back to fund more stimulus for those who truly needed it.

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For those of you who have fled LA, NY, SF for smaller markets — how on earth did you deal with the pay cut?!

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