Does it bother anyone else that you are expected to keep working on engagements even when you are no longer scheduled on that engagement?

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No. That's the nature of the business. If it's just small things, that's expected. A few hours here and there to close things down. If you're committing 10+ hours a week then tell them they need to put it on the schedule.

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Nope, unless it is substantial

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Drives me up the fucking wall. My manager expects me to drop the clients I'm actually scheduled on and pick up their work and prioritize it it drives me crazy

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You can also try to proactively manage this by speaking up when your team tries to assign you tasks that you know you won't finish before you roll off. Sometimes it's unavoidable but at least they have some expectation that the task may not get done before you leave. But if it's just review notes and little things, you'll never get away from that.

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The only thing I have a problem with is when they don't give you budget to do things that are incremental.

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@pwc2 - involve the manager on your scheduled jobs. Make it a conversation between them to figure it out.

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