First year consultant - I’ve been on the bench for the last 3 months charging 1 hour of client work a week. No one cares. I’m going to ride this out until I hit my one year of tenure in 4 months then go full time for my master’s degree then change careers. Life has been pure bliss and have had zero stress

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This makes me feel better about my 15% utilization lol

Good luck with the master’s!

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Ride that wave! I've been staffed full time for a while, and staffed for another 6 months. Some bench time doesn't sound too bad lol

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What masters program are you planning to pursue?

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USC MBA

Do you consider short term staffing as bench work or client work?

I don’t have a close relationship with them. I don’t know them at all and they ask me to do something which takes up an hour at most and that’s it. Typically won’t talk to them again. Equivalent to my “coach” in pwc terms (we call them mentors) doesn’t reach out at all about my utilization lol

What type of career change are you planning to make? I am in a similar boat - getting a masters in data science (unfortunately part time) but I want to leave KPMG once I have the qualifications for a new role

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