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
Get the On the bench mug.After leaving Syntel, Santosh went nearly mental sitting on the bench for months before he found a job at Macrosoft.
by Goldie Horn July 11, 2006
Get the on the bench mug.Not even in "first base" or watching somebody else go "first base or more" with your girl. It sucks.
"When you are watching some douchebag enter First, second, or even third base or higher with the girl your into, or simply not even able to enter first base, or even the grounds, then you are "Sitting on the Bench"
by njdmanok May 27, 2012
Get the Sitting on the Bench mug.Meaning a lack of experience when referring to "the bases."
1st Base) French - Kissing. Usually with tongue.
2nd Base) Feel - To cop a feel, grope, or fondle.
3rd Base) Finger - Sexual stimulation using the hands. Oral sex could take place after this point.
Home Plate) Fuck - Sex, intercoarse.
Baseball is being used as a metaphor for intimacy. In baseball, if a player is on the bench they are not in the game.
1st Base) French - Kissing. Usually with tongue.
2nd Base) Feel - To cop a feel, grope, or fondle.
3rd Base) Finger - Sexual stimulation using the hands. Oral sex could take place after this point.
Home Plate) Fuck - Sex, intercoarse.
Baseball is being used as a metaphor for intimacy. In baseball, if a player is on the bench they are not in the game.
"So, Evan, how did things go with Erica last night?" said Ben.
"It was pretty chill, man. The movie sucked though." Evan replied.
"Did she let you cop a feel at the movie?"
"Dude, I'm still on the bench."
"That was like your fifth date. Shouldn't you be getting a little action by now?"
"Naw man, we're taking things slow."
"It was pretty chill, man. The movie sucked though." Evan replied.
"Did she let you cop a feel at the movie?"
"Dude, I'm still on the bench."
"That was like your fifth date. Shouldn't you be getting a little action by now?"
"Naw man, we're taking things slow."
by KayKay<3 May 16, 2010
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Get the sitting on the bench mug.shitting on a bench at 3 in the morning. its a game of agility, patience, and reflex. will someone find you? book it quickly with shit spilling behind you. will your muscles fail hope you catch yourself before you land in your own shit. accidentally shit on a homeless person? what the fuck is wrong with you are you blind? get your ass pecked by a bird? shit on the bird too. accidentally shit out of your mouth instead of your ass? what the fuck see a doctor. if you think you have what it takes, snort some cocaine and see where you end up.
by chimken_nunget May 18, 2021
Get the Shitting on a bench at 3 in the morning mug.To "land one on the beach", or "landed one on the beach" is to take a shit that is so big that at least half of its unbroken length sticks up out of the water of the toilet bowl and clings to the porcelain like a beached whale taking its last breath.
Dude, you've got to see this. I just "landed one on the beach", It was such a big shit it brushed my nuts when it finally broke loose and fell over. I love it when I "land one on the beach" I never flush those, so the next guy can see how insignificant his shit capacity is!
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