In my department (engineering) the pace changes as projects are introduced. If the project load is lighter- like 6 per year, then the pace is relaxed. In 2015 we had three major projects that all came to a race to meet the completion deadline in the 4th quarter. A lot of overtime had to be spent and a bit of pressure to work quickly to get to where we needed to be on the timeline, but these instances are rare.
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