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Yep and yep; most firms outside MBB do it at the individual level (so you’re not really incentivized to be on the beach)
Chief
Or if you're at Deloitte, PTO, firm holidays, training, and bench time all count against utilization. Super fun especially when you're on capped GPS projects!
Chief
Not only do they have to worry about their individual utilization, they have mostly ineffective resource managers that do little to nothing to help with staffing. Most of the firms will therefore tout a pithy like “own your career” which means network and 💋 ass to find your project.
This happens at Accenture and it's a nightmare. The worse part is when projects don't give you a charge code for BD (despite fighting for it) and it comes back to reflect badly on you during performance discussions
Chief
Variable based on the firm.
Deloitte, for example, tracks it individually and it's a key performance metric. Booz Allen, on the other hand, does track it individually but it doesn't really become a performance metric until you're at the senior associate (senior manager) level on up and then it's a team metric, unless things have changed since I left.
The regional firm I'm at now, conversely, doesn't track utilization at any level.
Chief
Oh my god sign me up. I would die for like, one effing time period without having to fret over utilization.