Anyone else feeling the pressure on utilization metrics?

Is it just my team, or is the tone in the weekly pipeline meetings getting significantly more hostile? I’ve been with the firm for a few years, and the 'do more with less' mantra is starting to feel less like standard corporate fluff and more like a setup. Leadership keeps talking about 'optimizing capacity' and 'aligning resources with high-growth verticals,' which we all know is just management-speak for impending cuts. I’m seeing people logging on earlier and staying way later, but there’s this palpable anxiety in the breakroom that I haven't felt since 2020. I’m not saying there’s a RIF on the calendar, but the way they are scrutinizing every single line item on our department budgets makes me think someone upstairs is looking to trim the fat before year-end. Has anyone heard anything about potential restructuring in the private equity arm, or am I just being paranoid because of the market slowdown?