I've never been on the bench and I hear people that go months without a project. Thoughts on purposefully not being billable till the new year? I have great utilization already and great performance reviews.

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Schedule a couple of strategic vacations that are just far enough a part and lengthy enough that they don’t want to pick you up until January

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I have been between 95% and 130% utilized since I started 5 yrs ago, and I would kill for some time on the bench.

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Purposefully not being billable = good way of getting fired.

Not a good idea in the economic climate right now

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