Does utilization matter if your deals are to blame?
There have been a few times where a lot of my hours aren't billable cause the client is slow to upload stuff, or even sometimes a deal goes pencils down. My utilization takes a big hit when I'm not busy. would I get in trouble for that?

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Talk to ur manager, u should charge some hours to for the wait time. There is an opportunity cost for waiting for the firm.

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is your year to date utilization bad or just month to date? one bad month shouldn’t throw off an entire year of good figures

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As long as you communicate with someone regarding your lack of work, I wouldn’t worry about getting canned. Low utilization due to circumstance shouldn’t and probably isn’t a reason to let someone go, especially at a larger firm

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In my experience - utilization doesn’t really matter, and if it does (you have a reputation problem and actively are being avoided by people staffing projects), it’s a trailing indicator. If you’re low because of dead deals, or helping with internal initiatives, doesn’t matter

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If you are at KPMG then it matters. I was told this year they rate you based on utilization so doesn’t matter how good your work quality is.

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It shouldn’t be but in reality it is your problem for bonuses and layoff decisions

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