I’ve been on the bench with less than 10% utilization for 3wks now. I’m a first year and the past month has been slower with not many new projects coming in. I do see a few new projects come in every week but I’m not getting staffed on them. Should I be worried? Should I ask my PM if I should be worried? We’re in a pretty small group less than 20 people

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I would bring up your concern with your manager. Maybe they can give you a little more insight into what’s going on. Maybe they already have you targeted for a future project

How should I start the conversation? Two weeks ago, I mentioned that my hours are low, and I’d appreciate it if I can be staffed on new projects but I still haven’t been added to new projects

Make sure youre emailing people at least once a week to see if they have any work for you. Being proactive will highly help in your favor if youre ever asked to defend low utilization (whether its fair for them to ask justification or not)

I’m a first year C with 70% utilization 5 months in and I had to justify it already. Just be ready with all learning and networking you’ve been doing in the meantime and it should be okay.

But my coach said that some OPs are riding first years harder on util than normal this year.

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