Got offered a role, but don't want to take it. Nothing else lined up... How do I get out of this? I want some bench time 😭

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Ask your CC, but I'd only turn down if it's not an interest of mine or the new project is a death march. But I also feel worthless when I'm not staffed because I need to tell people what to do to feel alive.

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Depends on what division you are in. I would say you are looking at other projects more aligned with your career goals and then take a couple of weeks bench time. I would check with your network to see what the pipeline looks like. Is it a good city even if the project is iffy?

What are your utilization targets at ACN that you want beach time?

Sometimes you can turn it down if you haven't been benched long, but I know there are some projects that are really desperate for bodies. If you have been on the bench long then you might be showing up on lists where you don't want to be. If you proposed yourself for this role then you have no one to blame but yourself.

@C1 I'm still on my current role for a couple of weeks.

Just say it doesn't align to your overall career strategy/goals

How interested are you in this new role? Aka in a few months when you are on another project, would you look back and say man I wish I had taken that role?

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