Has anyone started to witness impact of a slowdown (layoffs, expense policy, comp adj)? Just curious

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Getting pushback on travel, client events (even when plans for milestones are set and we are taking on more people to projects to keep them chargeable while getting messaging that softer margin than sold is ok because of this.

Winter is not going to be pretty.

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Strategy for tech companies.

A lot of our proposals are sitting while clients are figuring out if they need to cost cut like some peers or continue with growth projects. The uncertainty has just delayed deals and given it’s that time of year that new grads are all onboarding and we usually have a “softer” period business wise as we ramp back up from summer vacations etc it’s been a noticeable drop in pipeline that’s starting to manifest in staff utilization.

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Winter is coming.

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Client side here and yes, we’re cutting hundreds of staff from Fortune 300 and looking to reduce costs $400m over two years.

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A lot of these job opening you see on LinkedIn or other areas have actually been posted for months. There are not that many jobs out there. We’re in a recession and it’s only going to get worse.

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