Accenture Reviews in City of London, England (UK)

Pros

Very smart people and strong networking

Cons

Working hours are very long

Advice to Senior Management

Help people to have a better work life balance

Pros

Great salary
Fantastic reputation
Looks good on your CV

Cons

Unfriendly staff - lots of backstabbing and arrogance - trust no one.
Lots of stressed and scared employees.
Unprofessional managers - inconsistent, vague, always pointing the finger and finding scapegoats.

The offices are depressing, once you get past the glitz of the entrance. And that defines Accenture -a place where appearances and reputation are what matters and where reality of how staff feel is not important. Great benefits, and salaries - which you will never, never, never, have the time to enjoy. You will become a drudge, living, breathing and sleeping Accenture. If you must work there, make sure you get in and out quick. Completely soul destroying.

Advice to Senior Management

Remember that we are all equal.

Pros

Wide range of projects, if you can get on the right on you are likely to engage in some exciting projects.

Cons

Very large company means it's easy to get lost in the crowd. Communities are built project centric rather than fluid.

Advice to Senior Management

Understand senior management should engage better with more junior colleagues would help improve morale Amongst staff, otherwise not a bad place to work

Pros

Variety of projects
Benefits
Colleagues

A good place to start graduate career, work for a few years, learn from those around you and then move onto a specialist consultancy.

Cons

Often forced to take projects with no interest to increase chargeability
No overtime - need to be seen to be putting in OT - expexted

Advice to Senior Management

None

Pros

Good role opportunities, you'll be able to work with clients at levels that go beyond your years of experience.
Strong team attitude within Accenture team
Good pay when first starting

Cons

Very fixed career progression model - difficult to move ahead of track despite continued excellent performance
Pay is only moderate once beyond first year or two

Advice to Senior Management

Remember the meaning of meritocracy - you claim this is how Accenture works, but it simply isn't. Forced distribution of grading, pre-laddering meetings.....

Pros

Variety of work and top-class colleagues, who actually have other strings to their bows than just their careers.

Cons

Working away from home; it's tough and it's typically for period of 6-9 months, 4 days a week.

Advice to Senior Management

Let's get manager-level retention sorted out and give experienced hires better training when they first join!