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Sounds like a good time to leave unless you’re light the rest of the year.
Bullshit. You work for a huge firm. If you left, they would replace you within a week
Isn’t 130% utilization only 52 charge hours per week?
And also keep in mind that’s 55 chargeable. Seniors and managers have at least 5-10 hours of admin every day, and that increases for SM and partners. Which means you’re working at least 55-60 hours a week and at the office for at least 60-65 hours at the office. Every week. Year-round. And don’t even get me started on people with depression or pregnant women who have other health-related things that make them even more tired than other people.
Just say no you can't deliver all this work since u are overwhelmed. This is a valuable skill to get good at in PA. At the end of the day, the manger(ie me) will be taking responsibility 😪
My utilization year to date is 130% not weekly or monthly. This is what it is taking into account all non-chargeable time for the entire year. My managers keep telling me that this will really make me stand out since I am far above my peers but this doesn’t seem fair or reasonable. On top of that I’m risk assurance, not core assurance, where our utilization targets are much lower. But after talking with my RL and coach it seems the only option would be to shift the work to my managers who are have just as much work as me so I guess I just gotta suck it up and keep going. Don’t want to hurt my teams so just gonna get through it because that’s what we do at PwC.
130% is well above the risk assurance goals. Are you a senior? Can you delegate down? Are others on your teams working just as much? If not, it seems as though they should work to reduce the workload. Have you talked to your coach and RL about this? How about your resource manager?
Real teams step down to help each other out. If you and your managers are all slammed, why aren’t senior managers helping? We’ve had a partner step down because the team didn’t have enough people and he was in the workpaper fixing a journal entry.
Don’t just suck it up. That’s the worst thing to do. Tell your managers how much you realistically can get done, and it’s their responsibility to ask sr managers for help if they’re also slammed.
I was also in the same boat and am honestly still feeling burnt out from last year. This busy season I am limiting myself to one 8 hour workday over the weekend but am putting in 12-14 chargeable during the weekdays, with one set day (usually Wed or Fri) where I work less (like 8-10 hours). That way I get some rest but can still work 60-70 a week. Been working out so far and I can tell my quality of work is way better than last year - no more embarrassing mistakes.
If you don’t set boundaries then your work won’t be great because you’re tired all the time, and trust me when I say not everyone will give you good reviews just because you’re being thoughtful and don’t want to put more on their plate.
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130% is 52 hours chargeable on 40 standard. Are you charging all your hours. You should be able to do 55 hour weeks for a few months.
I understand that you are juggling 5 clients and it is hard to keep it all balanced but 130% utilized is on the low end right now. Doesn’t make it right or doesn’t make the work any less. Good luck as you finish out the year
130% for a few months is okay. If you mean your total utilization for the year is 130% then that would be a problem (given training, vacations, G&A and other things that don’t hit utilization) Ultimately though, each of us has to decide for themselves what works for them in life and find their own balance. Whatever the facts, if you see that it is not working for you and the firm is not willing to accommodate, maybe you need to seek an environment that will best suit you elsewhere. Best of luck OP.