My utilization is below 60 percent and it's majority of internal projects and trainings but have good snapshots(reviews) should I still be concerned ?

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Don't worry, at this point you don't have much control over the amount of work you have.

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First year? No.

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Don't worry about it, especially if you reached out letting hr know you have availability.

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I started in Jan

Alright thank you :)

By us associates are responsible for utilization but not realization. Realization comes into play Seniors and above. Not sure if it's the same everywhere or if we even call things the same names

I started in Jan too and mine is about 50% lol. Don't worry

Are you the same guy from the other post about firings? If so don't worry about it. The economy has to be really bad to fire first years for capacity yet. Saw it in 2008. At this point it's not that bad. The firm has invested a lot of time in you to date and you're too cheap to fire. Unless you have managed to convince them you are incompetent already (unlikely) I wouldn't fire first years.

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Do you even work bro?

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