I work for a smaller firm and it feels like people stay on the bench forever waiting for projects. Do people at most firms have a project lined up when their current one ends? Bench life is killing me

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I worked at a smaller firm and my experience was the same. I'm in a smaller office for a larger firm and there are periods when it's the same. It's not a bad thing cause it's good downtime in between the madness.

I came to Deloitte from a boutique firm, bench time carried at my old place. Think the longest I sat on the bench was 3 weeks tho. Been the exact opposite at Deloitte, basically going from project to project with maybe 2-3 weeks of bench time over the last 4 years.

I just applied via the website. Happened to have some experience for a specific service offering that was hiring at the time. So honestly, a bit of luck / good timing / and hard work early on in my career to become an SME in a specific area.

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