How long does it take a new employee to become productive? If you've ever hired for a senior role, you know the feeling: you set a 90-day plan, assigned a buddy, and waited.
You run a consultancy or agency. Three people on the bench, two proposals out, and a utilization report that keeps sliding left. The question everyone asks — and almost nobody answers with data — is simple: what is a good utilization rate for consultants?
Gallup's latest data shows just 31% of U.S. employees are engaged at work in 2025, down from a 36% peak in 2020 — and only 20% globally. Here are the real numbers and what's driving the decline.
Amazon, JPMorgan, and Meta mandated five-day returns — yet only 12% of executives plan new RTO rules and just 14% of companies require full-time office. The real return-to-office numbers, compared.