It doesn't help that they're increasing our utilization (billable hours) requirement, disallowing hourly rate discounts unless it's absorbed by product margins (which are stupid slim to begin with), even for large projects, while also slashing and burning our pipeline.
The client base isn't going to pay our full on rates for projects lasting months or years. Not sure what they're thinking.
Pretty much doing all they can IMHO, to force people to make a move. If you're not part of the Fortune 30 "Program Accounts," you're chaff. They're just building a paper trail to show how we're not working hard enough. After 25 years of being measured on revenue, stupid utilization models suck balls anyway and breeds inefficiencies.
Meh, WTF do I know. I'm not one of the fat cat executives or board members making decisions based on a questionable career at one of the top 5 consulting firms. We got rated one of the top IT strategy consulting firms by Forbes and now they've got a big head.
ETA: Am I bitter? Yes. When we were first acquired, I already had a great customer base, was told I would have so much work in my area I would have to turn much away. I kept busy for the past 8 years, but that never really happened, and the work has dwindled since. If it wasn't for the QA project work I did last year, I would have gotten tossed.
