Accenture Reviews in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Area

Pros

Accenture is one of the 500 lb gorillas in the industry. There are virtually no doors that can't be opened using the Accenture name. Accenture is focused on delivering the very best work and results possible for clients. The networking opportunities are excellent as well across multiple industries.

Cons

Accenture is very much a connected and networked environment. Joining Accenture as an experienced professional is often very challenging. With such a short runway, it's often difficult to get up to speed and produce quickly. Lots of midnight oil is required to be successful the first year in the firm.

Advice to Senior Management

Accenture has some of the best and brightest people I have ever had the experience to engage as colleagues. The biggest challenge is finding ways to promote individuals who are constrained by the pyramid of levels (moving many people from one level to another when only a couple slots exist).

Pros

Vast global company, competitive, reputable, learn best practices from quality talent, resourceful, innovative, knowledge driven, many opportunities & experiences. Tons of information and resources available, learn about the C-Suite in detail, projects in various industries and sectors. Good company name, equitable, great for networking, learn the tools of the trade.

Cons

Client + Project Manager + project budget trumps all, including company polices on OT, scope creep (very prevalent) and work-life balance (non-existent w/ my experience). HR says tell us, but if you do you'll lose many project opportunities. Industry hires experience friction w/ long time ACN employees due to competitive salaries since job codes are transparent.

Higher job code = expected to do anything even if not expert or experience which heightens risk for failure and low performance (ex. agreed to do supply chain, job scope changed to coding and programming after joining project - no experience and a set up for failure). Not many trustworthy teammates, worked on team that included husband and wife (against policy but overlooked) - horrible experience. I learned quickly why that policy is in place and should be followed.

Advice to Senior Management

Follow through and due diligence process / feedback loop on enforcement of OT and work-life balance practices at project level as opposed to just preaching and communicating during orientation. Ensure Client is well managed, scope creep is feasible and realistic, employees are set up for success and are satisfied.

Pros

Good start for consulting and one can actually develop

Cons

Too much travelling especially for married people

Advice to Senior Management

Pay attention to consultants

Pros

-Challenging and interesting work (other companies wouldn't hire Accenture if they could fix it themselves)
-Great benefits and compensation package
-Great people to work with
-Very well explained and understood laddering system and general time frame for promotion
-Great learning resources

Cons

-Long hours, expect some days where you may put in overtime
-Sometimes reporting overtime is discouraged so as not to exceed a project budget
-Flying every week or every other week is sometimes the norm, even as an analyst

Advice to Senior Management

-Let your employees take time off when they need a day
-Allow more work from home opportunities for those that travel frequently
-Don't outsource so much to India when it requires a lot of time, late night/early morning phone calls, hand holding, and sometimes produces inferior results due to a language/culture gap and unexpected leaving of employees. Develop a larger and more skilled workforce in the U.S. and local countries to take care of those additional responsibilities without all the headache.

Pros

Great people in management and peer group. Flexible with part-time, full-time options. Compensation is good. Good review process for promotion process.

Cons

Accenture people deliver, even if it requires long, hard hours. Often travel to client sites is required an this can be exhausting and hard on family life.

Pros

Compensation is good. As an "experienced hire," I came in as a specialist/ consultant at the equivalent of a manager's salary in the industry. Bonuses in the Services organization were hefty since I had a high performance ranking and the projects to which I was assigned were profitable.

Cons

If you don't have a college degree or even if you do but aren't in the consulting organization, opportunities for advancement are limited. There is no employee development because it's assumed you're already "smart" by the time you make it to Acn. And depending on the leaders assigned to a particular project, things like management styles, work-life balance, and team relationships vary wildly from completely wonderful to absolutely nightmarish.

Pros

Good company to work for

Cons

too many org changes that happen

Advice to Senior Management

Allow things to stabilize before making too many changes

Pros

Accenture is a phenomenal place to start a career. As of 2011, senior managers are in the unenviable position of selling at Exec level with manager+ pay.

Cons

Promotions are pseudo-scientific. 80% pseudo, 20% scientific. If you don't click with your project management, you're screwed, regardless of your skills / client connections / industry knowledge.

Advice to Senior Management

Make it a point to support project leadership and, by trickle-down, the project resources that are making your revenue happen. Most of our projects are poorly supported from a resource-appreciation point of view. But I'm typing into the wind...you think the 50,000 employee survey returns (of 120k total returns) from India represent reality. Well, this firm would be nothing without the management consultants...and we're not in India or any of your Delivery Centers.

Pros

The people
Opportunities for growth and learning
Support training to perform one's job

Cons

Can't think of any at the moment

Pros

Great people. Good opportunities for advancement. Lot of training available. A great place to start career from college. Good PTO and benefits

Cons

Recently getting more bureaucratic. Travel can be very frustrating after starting family. One bad assignment / project can potentially sink a lengthy career.

Advice to Senior Management

communicate changes and why the changes are being taking place. Work to cut down bureaucracy. Try to identify opportunities to work local.