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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you also charge to overhead? It sounds like they're trying to keep you on and employed during less busy times. [/quote]

If only this charitable explanation were true. Time held in temp numbers does not count as hours for meeting the annual billing requirement. If someone were to pull my time today it would look like I am below capacity. Adding in the temp time, I am actually a little over capacity. Thus, the partners who are doing this is wrecking my stats, not helping me look better in less busy times. [/quote]

But let’s assume you were given no temp time assignments. When you say wrecking your stats I don’t think you are saying you had actually billable matters to work on but instead were compelled to do this non-billable work for the rainmaker right? Honestly, it just sounds like you aren’t busy enough to hit your hours. you want this temp time to convert to real billable hours fill in the hole you are in.  In this market you should just consider this like BD time at least in the short term. Do it and move on but be proactive and look for actual billable work. If there is none to be found you better dust off your resume and at least start to explore what options you might have elsewhere…you can’t be passive about sitting below capacity [/quote]

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