If I'm about to leave the firm, would not charging the client code to save budget be a nice gesture to the team, since my utilization won't matter?

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Or if it is fixed let others charge the hours you’d normally bill to allow them to pad utilization

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Nope. Budgets are fake. Bill what you work.

- A PwC partner

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Yeah, clients we built a good relationship with we often did that.

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I would check with your manager. They might appreciate that, or they might be concerned it sets a precedent of needing fewer hours to get the job done.

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This^. Ask your manager, let’s them know your being thoughtful and they can decide accordingly. Mine told me to bill actuals but other managers would’ve been happy for me to not.

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No? Your salary needs to be paid somehow. Missing the big picture if you do this.

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Please just bill what you work. No need to over complicate things.

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Did you provide a service to the client? Did your firm pay you?

The answers are ‘yes’ why are you asking this question?

So considerate lol

Charge it. You are saving the next team that has to do the same work a low-balled estimate of the number of hours it takes to complete the work (meaning they will be expected to ghost hours too). If your leadership wants to be shady with the numbers, they can move your hours to a different code after you leave.

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