Last updated 2026-04-25
Utilization
/team/utilization (Team → Utilization tab) shows billable hours ÷ total hours at three levels — company, department, individual — over the date range you pick.
Reading the dashboard
- Company KPI tile — your firm's overall utilization. Green stripe = above target, amber = below.
- By department table — how each team is tracking. Use this to compare Engineering vs Marketing vs Operations.
- By person table — every active employee sorted by billable hours. The Δ column shows how far they are from the target.
The target line
Default target is 70% (industry standard for consulting delivery roles). Adjust via the Target % input and hit Apply — the target line on each utilization bar moves and Δ recalculates.
Rules of thumb: - Delivery engineers / consultants: 65–75% - Tech leads / senior consultants: 55–70% (more review + mentorship time) - Managers / directors: 30–50% (more admin + people work) - Support / ops roles: not typically tracked as utilization — hide them via role in future
What counts where
- Billable = work_type of
billable(client work you'll invoice for) - Internal =
internalortraining(admin, meetings, learning) - Off =
off(PTO, sick, holidays) - Unclassified events don't count in any of the above. If a team looks lower than expected, they're probably sitting in
unclassified— fix their categories or classification rules.
Scope
Managers see themselves + direct reports. Admins see the full company. Individual employees don't have access (keeps cost/utilization data manager-or-above, matching the rest of the app).
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