Accenture Reviews in Atlanta, GA Area

Pros

1. Punctual, sharp, strong skilled people/leaders
2. Knowledge capital and resource library are extensive and very easy to access and find information relevant to interests, industry/work assignments, training, etc.
3. Staffing process for projects is fairly robust and allows the individual to be proactive in identifying growth experiences that match interests

Cons

1. 'Up or Out' policy for promotion - sometimes the project(s) or management team(s) are not the best match in terms of meeting personal development objectives... unfortunately, some people are chased away early as a result
2. Work/Life balance across all levels is a challenge - personal vacation is a nice incentive, but the high demands of travel can be tough to manage for those with family commitments, etc. Flexible work arrangements are available; however rare on the consulting side but the perception of those who take them is neutral
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Advice to Senior Management

Leadership is strong, but not everyone shares the right balance of people skills to grow individuals - 360 degree feedback needs to be factored into the evaluation, performance review process. Too many managers have a 'personal focus' and are ill-equipped and unable to develop and promote their own people. They raise unrealistic expectations based on their own capabilities, rather than help the individual to progress strengths and weaknesses.

Pros

Responsibilities given to those who perform, great benefits, easy going culture.

Cons

Travel, salary is a bit lower than competitors in the management consulting field.

Pros

Smart people
Brand name
Resources & Assets

Cons

Too big
Salaries below market
Work/Life Balance out of wack

Pros

-pretty decent pay coming out of undergrad
-great co-workers who are intelligent and want to help you
-great name to put on your resume

Cons

-HR is horrible
-It is much harder to move throughout the company than advertised
-Career Counselor approach to getting a promotion is a bad idea. Managers need to have more input and not Career counselors
-Always under pressure of getting outsourced

Advice to Senior Management

Work harder on making promotions more transparent. Also actually work with people on their career progression instead of pretending to via the career counselor system. Outsource less of HR.

Pros

large organization, learning opportunities , benefits, social events,

Cons

promotion process, reviews, getting staffed. Never underdtand what is going on in the company

Advice to Senior Management

none

Pros

Work Life balance is okay.

Cons

Poor compensation for experienced hires.
Pay raises and promotions are too much to ask for even if your are the best performer in a project.
Promotions are only based on how talented one is in being able to beg for it which ultimately makes for a huge pool of incompetant managers.
Completely profit oriented, no value or consideration for talented employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Recognize the talent of people who actually do the work for you and compensate/promote them based on that talent.

Pros

Great people, can be fun if you like to travel, plenty of vacation, interesting work

Cons

Maintaining a personal life is difficult if not impossible, lots of politics and promotion/raise decisions based more on overall business rather than individual merit and contribution.

Advice to Senior Management

Reward people who deserve it, it may hurt shareholders in the short run, but will help the business keep the best people and grow the firm in it's competative position.

Pros

-Excellent positioning in IT consulting
-Resources / Methodology
-People
-Firm policies
-Corporate citizenship
-Great clients, great reputation

Cons

-Have to get connected with the right network to succeed
-Some managers / Snr. managers are not qualified or are too political
-Hired too many outside hires, so firm has lost its core feel
-Large firm

Advice to Senior Management

-Listen to all your employees, and mandate updard/360 feedback

Pros

- great place to learn consulting basics
 - strong culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing
 - ability to work internationally, if desired

Cons

- self-service organization, must be comfortable managing own career
 - leadership expertise and development of direct reports needs improvement
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Advice to Senior Management

- Organization should spend more time listening to newly hired associates
 - Competitors are taking the talent and using our best practices...make it easier for strong talent to stay with the company

Pros

Have different project to work on

Cons

You dont get to learn any technical skills. Mostly management jobs.

Advice to Senior Management

Terrible management.