@db I don’t think this really fools anyone. People raise concerns here because it’s one of the few places it feels like the message is actually heard—line management stopped passing it upwards a long time ago. At the very least, it shows there’s a consistent shared experience.
There’s a bigger issue underneath it. Either the company recognises that demand has shifted and a lot of roles simply aren’t as utilised as they once were, or it doesn’t. At the moment it feels like that reality isn’t being addressed directly.
From what I’ve seen, when clients are comfortable waiting weeks for something that could be done in a day, that behaviour inevitably becomes the norm. Without any incentive to change it, things drift—and over time that becomes embedded in how people work.
That’s why this keeps coming up. It’s less about individuals, and more about a system that no longer seems aligned with the actual level of demand.