Accenture Reviews

Pros

- Flexible and dynamic work atmosphere
- Great People
- Travel opportunities
- Stellar reputation and brand
- Rapid growth opportunities

Cons

- Travel (if you don't want to)
- Short line of sight to where you'll be in a matter of months

Pros

Variety of quality projects
Good brand
Bright colleagues
Equal opportunity for promotion

Cons

Some inexperienced staff being promoted as manager, some loves to micro-manage staff
Feels like a virtual organisation, very fluid organisation structure.
One must follow (i.e. travel) where the work is available.

Advice to Senior Management

More leadership training is required for managers and above

Pros

Flexible timings, no micro management, employee has decent work life - family life balance, due to presence in multiple cities, there is decent flexibility to location preferences. Good international exposure.

Cons

Huge organization, so getting pay and benefits customized to individual requirements are very rare. Can get hierarchial so out of turn promotions/pay hikes are very rare.
Due to wide industry presence, catching up with all developments in different industries can be challenging.

Pros

Great internal knowledge sharing, career growth, good benefits.

Cons

Long hours but it feels good to delivery projects on time.

Pros

Can change projects often meaning exposure to many different client problems
Down to earth people who are fun to be around
Great benefits package

Cons

Some less than competent middle management
Long hours, although perhaps no worse than other consulting firms
Tend to following rather than lead so opportunities to be creative with client problem solving are limited

Advice to Senior Management

Don't let incompetent middle management get away with hiding behind the hard work and intelligence of their teams as this is why you lose your best people

Pros

A few years resulted in a lifetime of friends, professional connections, experience and opportunities. Accenture provided the opportunity to work through multiple functional departments (IT, Sales, Marketing, Finance for myself) and through multiple industries. This kind of experience in a relatively short time is of enormous value to me in my current position and looking for new opportunities.

The professional network I developed has proven as valuable as the skills Accenture taught me, and added to that is that Accenture makes better efforts than most other companies to continue to stay connected with former employees and actively work to connect them to new opportunities.

Cons

At some point, it does become a numbers game. The "up or out" culture is what provides the amazing opportunities, but it also results in far to many good employees leaving out of frustration or lack of a landing point short of Senior Executive.

The travel can also be a bit excessive, no one should take a job with Accenture unless they are prepared to be a true road warrior, 48 weeks a year. You might have a run at Accenture with manageable travel for a few years, but eventually you will be on the road for extended periods. If that's not to your liking, don't work there.

Advice to Senior Management

You only have your people, value them as such, invest in them, listen to them and recognize that all management achieves comes at the price of their sweat.

Pros

Well-known Brand in IT Consulting,
Provides ample learning opportunities,
Gives a good exposure with International clients,
On-site work opportunities,
Good work environment

Cons

Few teams are hampered by internal politics,
Performance review process is not transparent,
Often workload,
Few managers don't accept creative ideas and stick to the traditional ways.

Advice to Senior Management

Employee is an asset, not machine!
If an employee is given right information and opportunities, he/ she will definitely serve the organization with integrity.

Pros

1. Good Pay
2. Very good work environment
3. Very good Learning environment
4. Encourages certifications and other learning activities

Cons

1. work life balance is hit

Advice to Senior Management

NA

Pros

Good company brand
Nice reference on the resume

Cons

Your life does not exist anymore

Advice to Senior Management

Need to motivate better people

Pros

Accenture Methodologies but not many use it

Cons

salary, bullies, no open communication, recognition

Advice to Senior Management

Change your performance management system