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I did talk to management about lowering my utilization rate and basically said that if they wanted me to continue doing proposals, then they would have to bend a little on the utilization rate to accommodate that, or otherwise, I wouldn't be able to spend much time on proposals. I was fortunate that ...

Utilization rate used to be the bane of my existence. It was originally very high, but then I was also expected to work on proposals as well, which further reduces the rate. As a result, I felt like I couldn't go to training to "make up" for the non-billable time and there was a several year period in ...

Leadership makes all the difference in the world on the successful execution of teamwork. My best experience was a manager who took on some calculations himself (i.e., he was pitching in where needed and calculations weren't "beneath him") to help the team get the work done when the rest of the team ...

Good that you can make your space at work your own (or your group's own). I know the trend in many firms is to go towards activity-based workspaces (ABW) which typically involves "hot desking" where one does not have one's own space on a permanent basis. I wonder if anyone here who has worked in ABW ...

I recently went to a 4-day work week of my own volition. I spent over 20 years at a company where I regularly worked in excess of 40 hours per week, working Monday through Friday and a lot of weekends. I eventually burnt out and moved to another company where my regular schedule is Monday through Thursday, ...