[chank]

I'm not sure if the culture changed, but when I worked for a firm it was generally known that if you sit on the bench to long you'll be let go.

However, This is likely in correlation to general reduced spending across the board causing reducing spending with firms. With all the cost cutting, most high cost consulting/outsourcing is the first on the chopping block.

[justinzollars]

This makes sense, if one is a cost and doesn't have the opportunity to contribute I can't see how they could afford to keep those people.

[otikik]

By charging 3000 bucks for changing the color of a scroll bar on a website (that’s a real quote)