Accenture Reviews

Pros

Nice colleagues; 5 weeks of vacation (if you can take it between projects); Accenture Development Partnerships is a cool program allowing you to work overseas on a project for an NGO or government client (after 2 years at the firm)

Cons

The work is mostly uninteresting, especially at the lower levels. Entry level folks take notes in meetings, track project actions, issues and risks in Excel and coordinate conference calls. Higher up you get more responsibility and more interesting work (only if you're interested in the industry or function you specialize in, of course). Overall, no one is that interested in the work, so it's not that interesting or exciting place to be. Those who seem happy and excel are those who like moving up in an organization for the sake of moving up (and for the ability to make partner and earn decent money).

Advice to Senior Management

Find a way to introduce some passion into the culture. It starts with the partners/SEs, and most of them act aloof or asleep.

Pros

Culture, Growth, Paymaster, High Visibility, Motivating Environment

Cons

Difficult to grow in Competition, long processes, Project Allocation Issues. Supervisor, Career Councellors, DU Lead are from different Skills. Appraisals are affected

Advice to Senior Management

They are just doing great job. Continue doing the same. Change the concept of career counselors in India. Rest is good!!!!

Pros

Good benefits, employee friendly when compared to other Indian service based companies, no jail like culture when compared to other Indian service based companies

Cons

No challenges at work, no opportunities to learn, no comparision with bigger product companies

Advice to Senior Management

Be honest when hiring people about the intention behind their hiring.
Encourage learning and in development of skills that the employee feels will improve his career.

Pros

Good Career growth and more technology learning scope

Cons

Compensation for new joiners is less as per market value

Pros

Have additonal Skills in differents IS project
Improve functional Skills
work in challenging projects with important scope responsability
view different industries and sectors

Cons

Need to accept to travel and not have a stable life
Work life balance is not good. Specially when you have familly
Lot of pressure during the project from the management

Advice to Senior Management

You must listen more to the concern of the employees specially about work life balance
In some project the Management put too much pressure. Perhaps it's better to think about having more experienced ressource when people are late in the deliveries

Pros

Exposure to many industries; career opportunities; travel (but can also be a grind too); above average compensation; networking opportunities;

Cons

work / life balance; travel (can be a grind); fairness in performance review process; upper management not always trust-worthy; integration of experienced hires needs improvement

Pros

mentorship and opportunity for training

Cons

Low salary, variety of work

Pros

People
Resources
Training at St. Charles

Cons

Travel
Lack of support from senior management
Not willing to budge on pricing

Advice to Senior Management

Let employees have more say on what they want to work on

Pros

benefits your long term career
makes you work hard
prestigious firm to work for
lots of training

Cons

too many politics
too much money wasted on alcohol
too much emphasis on performance/ratings
too much downtime

Pros

People and opportunities to grow

Cons

Work/Life balance and lack of local clients

Advice to Senior Management

Make smarter staffing decisions. Give local resources first opportunities to work local projects.