How's everyone's utilization metric doing rn? Just gauging. I don't feel like I'm doing so hot and I'm kinda worried.

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80% panic involving reading the news and staring at work papers 10% stress eating 10% working

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Can confirm

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Dude sameeee 😭 just hoping everyone else is in the same boat with all the distractions, challenge of wfh, and added stress.

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42% but had 2 days off. Next week off all week for study but will be back the following week. Hopefully mgt understand weaker utilization for the first weeks or so until people figure out effective ways of working

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20% this week whaddup

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100%

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42%

130%

60%

In tax. 165% since January. There hasn’t been a night the past 2 weeks I haven’t worked passed midnight. You’d think that since we are all virtual now, the work would be spread out (especially since there are people with low utilization)

95% I’m good moneyyy

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