Between client engagements.
IT consultancies are companies who make their money by sending out their employees (programmers, DBAs, business analysts, etc.) to do software projects for their client companies, usually on-site at the client's office.
An employee who is "On the bench" is not on-site, but is sitting back at head office waiting for billable work. They might be doing something useful like self-training or working on an internal system, or they could be just slacking off and editing Urban Dictionary.
But either way, IT consultancies make money by billing their clients for the hours that their consultants spend there, so being "on the bench" costs the company money.
Being on the bench isn't the same as being unemployed - a person on the bench will still get their monthly salary. However, it may lessen their bonus or feed into decisions for who gets laid off. Consultants understandably become worried that nobody wants their skills if left on the bench for too long, especially if other consultants are in demand.
The phrase comes from an analogy from team sports like football or basketball - some of the team are on the field playing, and the rest are sitting on the bench waiting for their turn to go out and play.
IT consultancies are companies who make their money by sending out their employees (programmers, DBAs, business analysts, etc.) to do software projects for their client companies, usually on-site at the client's office.
An employee who is "On the bench" is not on-site, but is sitting back at head office waiting for billable work. They might be doing something useful like self-training or working on an internal system, or they could be just slacking off and editing Urban Dictionary.
But either way, IT consultancies make money by billing their clients for the hours that their consultants spend there, so being "on the bench" costs the company money.
Being on the bench isn't the same as being unemployed - a person on the bench will still get their monthly salary. However, it may lessen their bonus or feed into decisions for who gets laid off. Consultants understandably become worried that nobody wants their skills if left on the bench for too long, especially if other consultants are in demand.
The phrase comes from an analogy from team sports like football or basketball - some of the team are on the field playing, and the rest are sitting on the bench waiting for their turn to go out and play.
by CityNewt October 15, 2010
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"Did you just see Jose over there? He just did a massive bench bomb next to that old lady lol."
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Get the banchy mug.off the bench refers to a person, place or thing that is mad crazy and awesome. the bench is some sort of metaphorical "normal track" of life, because it is straight and confined. When a player (person) is "on the bench", they aren't playing the game (of life). to be off the bench is one who A. goes against the norm and B. enjoys life to its full extent.
1. "why are you wearing that crazy hat around town?"
"maybe if you get off the bench noob, you'd know."
2. "did you see that cat eating with chopsticks? wow, that kitty is WAY off the bench."
3. "i was going to go to the supermarket here in town, but the one in the next district has a water slide out back. how off the bench is that?"
"maybe if you get off the bench noob, you'd know."
2. "did you see that cat eating with chopsticks? wow, that kitty is WAY off the bench."
3. "i was going to go to the supermarket here in town, but the one in the next district has a water slide out back. how off the bench is that?"
by HillZilla May 26, 2010
Get the off the bench mug.Shamefully sycophantic person so needy for connection with the object of their desire they'd do anything to experience an intimate detail of said person's physique, including rushing to sniff the bench they'd just been sitting on.
Larry is always kissing my ass and making clumsy, desperate attempts to spend time with me. He's such a fucking bench sniffer.
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