Would you say it's a red flag for a data science team to have to go out and find model build project ideas vs the business coming to them with problems to work on

Especially in the context of future layoffs. I'm in my first role and am not sure if this is normal or not, but my field is going through but of a financially challenging moment rn so job security is on my mind

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