[Kaihuang724]

I see this a lot in the industry I work in, which is design. As a web designer, we're either on a tight, impossible deadline or we have nothing to do. Although it's common, I feel this is a problem that has to be taken into account and corrected at the project management level. I can only speak for the company I work for, but our project managers typically have a hard time planning design as they don't fully understand the process, which then makes it impossible for the designers to allocate time correctly.

For anyone currently facing this situation, I would highly suggest using your free time to work on personal skills (if possible, as dictated by your company's leniency). Whenever I have free time, I try to learn development practices, new languages, new techniques, etc. as much as possible so I don't rot with boredom.

Or I come here and read article after article until all the links are grey.