Welcome to Whose Job is it Anyways! Where the deliverable is made up and the utilization doesn't matter.

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This could be fun! Scenes from a hat: Things you can say to your analyst, but not to your girlfriend:

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Hey, can you take a look at my deck? It seems too long

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Stop trying to gamify my project...

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* Anyway

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One point for A1, but keep in mind that points don't matter! Next scene from a hat: noises clients make when they see consultants...

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The utilization matters

More like where the points are all that matters

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What other performance factors are considered for PDM besides utilization?

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At any level above Senior, how do u manage the relationship between utilization and realization, which is an inverse relationship. Seems to be either blow the budget (and write it off), or eat a lot of time.

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Have any respiratory therapists found jobs OTHER than being a clinical RT? I want to possibly change careers, but I am finding that a lot of jobs (clinical liason, utilization review, etc) want you to have a nursing degree, not a respiratory degree. I feel like as an RT we are limited to jobs.

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What is the target utilization for a Senior 2? Or number of chargeable hours goal? Is this ever hard to meet?

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Hi! I’m doing some research on employee benefits (medical insurance, 401k, HSA/FSA, commuter benefits) and was hoping to connect with People specialists or HR professionals in the comp & benefits space. I’m trying to better understand any pain points or challenges you might face with utilization/enrollment. Anyone interested in connecting? Thank you!

I'm 6 months old at D! Planning early promotion next year.. counselor and pm both are backing me.. I need to go to India for at least 4 weeks in Dec ... most probably would be rolling off from current project by then .. would this vacation hurt my promotion chances coz of utilization etc?

When a consolidated unitary group acquires a TX Corp, does TX follow Sec. 382 and Sec. 383 and apply a limitation on the utilization of the acquired entity's TX R&D credits following the acquisition?

Promoted to SSE with 25% hike and VP as 9% . I had received ACE award in Q3 . I have also maintained utilization report 100% still I got less VP. Can I ask manager to revisit the component

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Any utilization review nurses working at an insurance company able to share if your company requires work on weekend/holidays? If so, what work do you do on weekend/holidays snd do you work s full day on those days?

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This just in: Uncle Ernie telling us how shitty of a year we had and that they're stripping our firm-wide holidays so that we can be utilized more and reach our vision 2020 goals!

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Got offer from BCG for ECT. Read numerous comments about ECT being not attractive compared to Generalist track. Also heard challenges about billability/utilization. Any views/ guidance appreciated!
I am not super keen to become a partner (selling) and main reason to join will be working with different clients, smart talented people and a good brand. End goal (at the moment atleast) is to stay for few years and return to the industry. 15 YOE

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How does it feel to earn less than US Consultants while also struggling for utilization

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Ratings on three projects - 3,2,2. Utilization - 90%... Proposal hours - 15... Firm activities - 43 hrs... I then get a YE rating of 4 😕 ... How worried I should be regarding the layoffs???

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90% utilization, great snapshots BUT no relationships with the partners in my practice + currently on beach. Everyone I've worked with is shocked. Was told there were HC quotas. Not meritocratic.

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Entering my 15th week unstaffed for the year. Does Deloitte do layoffs for low utilization? Mine is around 60%

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What do you think it takes for a PPD to get a utilization bearing WBS for proposal work? I know it is rare...

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So, what happens if you miss your utilization/billable hour target by like 70-150 hours? Tons of "impactful" PRD work

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Alright.. So Deloitte's performance year is almost over. Let's discuss about few important data points to analyze the competition level of this year. Level, Utilization, and PRD hours

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Wooohoo just landed a data project! Woohoo data! Data runs the world! Hello super high utilization! Hello cushy bonus! 🙌🏽

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Alright, who’s going to short GameStop? +80% in intraday trading, +600% as of 2021. Per WSJ - the bull rally is fueled by individual investors encouraging each other to buy the stock.

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I'm new to this app, and want to make the best use of it! Would be grateful if I could get 11+ likes on this post.
Thank you!

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Is Unity or Unreal better for beginner game devs?

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This is my first job in a large corporate company, and I’m trying to gauge how long it normally takes to move from entry level to another internal position in the insurance industry. I have been applying internally for a year now and I am wondering if this is normal or if my company is just slow? I am a top performer, with great metrics, and I have some wonderful connections I’ve made who support me. I just can’t seem to move up. How long did it take you to move up? How many tries did it take?

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I have a contact who is a hiring mgr at a company I want to work for. He told me he has an open role for me and set me up with 6 interviews over a 2 week period. They all went really well and HR said I’ll most likely be moving forward to a site visit. But now my contact has ghosted me. After I made 3 outreaches he had his aa schedule time for two weeks out. Why am I being iced?

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Best place to book an Airbnb in South Florida or West Palm beach area?

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Employment-at-will. Is that the norm in a consulting contract (I’m moving from Europe)? Can I / should I negotiate the notice period on their side or eventually the size of an eventual lay-off?

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What are the chances of jumping from IQVIA strategy consulting to T2 or MBB? Have previous 6 yrs exp at b4 management consultant in ops and worked some projects with S& and +2 years corporate and value and access in IQVIA

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Is it right time to join adp on Feb 2023, by leaving current company.

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VOO. I predominantly use Schwab’s robo advisor and have consistently been 8% below S&P 500. (1) based on the historical performance of VOO, am I better off shifting all of my retirement and brokerage accounts to VOO? (2) how do I do that? How should I go about this? Liquidate all my robo advisors and then buy VOO? Hope you all don’t roast me too hard!

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I found out a soon to be 2nd year associate got a 10k raise making his salary 110k now, while I, the soon to be 3rd year associate got a 2k raise making my salary 107k. So now the 2nd year male associate is making more money than me. How do I bring this up to the partners?

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Anyone have experience or heard what’s it’s like to work at Motorola? Looking to see if I should continue in the process after being reached out to. Position salary is 100k in Chicago.

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4th year at a mid size PI firm. Got pulled from litigating MVAs to help this solo we hired start a med Mal/nursing home practice. 1 year in and it looks like I’m two steps backwards in terms of getting paid because we’re a year or more out from a lot of the fees hitting. I respect the solo a lot, he’s a mentor, but I’ve got kids and I gotta get paid. Trying not to burn bridges, but I can’t wait years to get cut in. Advice?

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How much can we expect CTC for 7.5 years of experience in Oracle

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I’m going to move to the UK in March ‘22 and will be working at Deloitte London. I’m moving from NY. Where do you recommend I should live? I’m a 24yo female. TIA!

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What will be the take home and what is special allowance?

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Guys, urgent help.
Need some help in filling pre joining details for CTS. Can someone please comment down, will ping them.
Thanks 😊

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Making the move to Cleveland/Akron, Ohio. Looking for your reco on agency/corporate companies that hit the top of your list to be apart of. - thanks

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Anyone else diverted from JFK / NY area due to weather and traffic?

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How hard is it to crack 700 on the GMAT?

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Is this accurate from an execution stand point? Analyst - support work. Consultant - own a piece of work. Manager - own a work stream. Senior manager - own multiple work streams.

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I know I'm a seasoned consultant because I know the locations of the best plugs in airports across the country. I can't decided if I'm proud or sad to possess such knowledge.

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If you see several ways to improve a Team when you join, should you 1) Do it slowly over a free months so it doesn’t look like you did really good in the beginning then stopped 2) Wait until you are more involved so people don’t think you just joined and can do all these changes

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Veterans! How has your experience been with the Big 4 and serving your time in the Reserves or National Guard? Are they accommodating? has anyone frowned upon your obligation to serve once a month?

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Vegas suggestions? (:

The agony of losing a single sock after laundry day 😢 #foreveralonesock

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Can someone help with the base salary range for a 6+ years experienced finance professional with FRM and CFA certifications in Big 6 firms in Advisory practice?

Also, what should be the expectations for joining bonus during the current times?

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When giving your salary expectations, do you say one number, or do you give a broad range?

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Which firms are on FB? Feels like FB is overweighted D and ACN.

Best consulting firms for the retail and CPG industries?

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Any good books recommendation on effective client communication/business writing?

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I need to stop drinking so much 🙈

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What’s bonus look like for consultants at EYP?

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When they say utilization doesn't count for the month of May/June what exactly does that entail? I'm assuming being on the bench for those months will still show on personal utilization reports...

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Colleague passed my work on as his, how to handle this gracefully ?

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You wake up at Seatac, SFO, LAX. You wake up at O'Hare, DFW, BWI. Pacific, mountain, central. Lose an hour, gain an hour. This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time.

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Just went under contract on a place and need renovations. What steps can I take to accelerate the renovation prior to closing?

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