Is Bench Management still in place in Services (GBS, GTS)? I remember this started in summer ‘18.
Landed on the bench for the first time in 4 years. Just wondering how long I have.
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@1hgr - "Bench" is a consulting term. It means that are not deployed on a project, kind of waiting on a bench to enter a game... While on a bench you collect salary even though you are not billable to a client. Typically people do internal stuff, proposals, etc. while on the bench.
Back in 2001, recession times, I was on the bench for over 4 months and yet they kept me...
I guess times have changed (I left IBM a few years back)...
When you hit 30 days of Productive Utilization less than 75%, you get PIP'ed.
Then, I believe, you have 60 days in which to get booked on something and bring your number up above 75%.
Bench is huge and sustained where I’m sitting, NA GBS CAI. Last year I was the only person on my 16-person team who was billable but those people all still have jobs so who knows. Only heard about bench management via Fishbowl about 2 years ago but never knew anyone affected by it.
depends where you work - i know some guy on the bench for 6 month plus
Never heard of this, please elaborate what the bench means.
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30 days until PIP. Then 30 days until termination.