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Utilization targets don’t really matter. What actually matters is your utilization in comparison to your peer group.
Lol no that still becomes your problem
Wait, what? So you're saying the firm expects that you burn hotter than planned when the government reopens to recoup hours? Or do they expect you to go find some other project for some unspecified (though presumably extremely short) period of time that is willing to have you? Or are they thinking you're gonna blow work lif balance out of the water and do two billable projects simultaneously when the government reopens to recoup?
None of these options sound especially reasonable, especially for junior practitioners billing mostly to one project at a time.
Ha! Sucks to be you, my project is fully funded, but there’s no work to be done so everyone’s just chilling and billing the 8 hours.
May I join?
If you are told to not seek other projects because they want you available once the gov opens again, it will be brought up at year end and the panel will want to hear / read that you worked when you could and you tried to help with firm initiatives when you couldn't bill. This is a non issue.
If you can find a role on a commercial project, I would do so. Otherwise I would expect they would probably make some allowance for the impact of the shutdown assuming you are still equal to your peer group. Getting a 1 or 2 (if we still get those) might be harder if you missed your util target and some others did not. If the shutdown went on long enough I would expect layoffs to start at some point.
I generally agree with what you said, but if the parties decided to drag this out a long time, there are limits to what a firm can “eat”. This isn’t exactly a typical time politically, and AFAIK they won’t be giving consulting firms “back pay” for the time lost as they do for govt. employees.
I've never heard of anyone making allowances for individual utilisation because of factors external to your project. If they did it would open floodgates for consultants to argue special consideration for things like being benched when projects fell through, slow periods in particular sectors, etc. What others said is likely outcome- it just depends by comparison to your peers. Sounds harsh and unfair but that's consulting ...
D4, partner here. We still look at performance and impact, but consider complexity of the work, type of impact, etc. We aren’t assigning ratings. If someone is a few percentage points lower than someone else due to shutdown but found impactful ways to contribute to the firm during the down time (instead of using it as time on the bench) then they would not be reviewed negatively compared to peers still working on projects
During the last shutdown, I was given a charge code which provided utilization even though we couldn’t work on the project itself.
Thanks. I’m on track for 95%, but depending on how long this goes it’ll probably drop a couple of points.
Don’t you need less than 95 as an SC?
They won’t alter your target but you won’t be punished with a PIP/0% increase because of the shutdown. The accounts won’t let you get on another project without them approving it because they will want you to start immediately when the shutdown is done. My guess is you’ll get more communication from the account on what to do and opportunities out there
don’t want to see all that go to waste because of some political bull.