Pros

1. Intelligent, involved leadership in my group
2. Team members that wanted to do well
3. Opportunity to meet and work with other team members globally
4. Flexible work arrangements (very helpful with family)
5. Committed to Core Values (see Cons regarding a few exceptions)
6. Good training
7. Exciting work
8. Opportunity to have your opinion/perspective listened to

I joined as an "experienced hire" into the Enterprise Workforce. I was challenged by "lifers" but quickly accepted and welcomed to the team as I proved myself -- nothing different than I had expected and had experienced at my previous job.

I enjoyed working for Accenture and would work for Accenture again given the right opportunity (cannot say that about my current employer). Left for family reasons (to be closer to my family).

Cons

1. A few Senior Executives who felt it was permissible to treat others with a lack of respect or to actually state falsehoods during evaluations (however, out of probably 200 + Senior Executives that I worked with, this was limited to few than five)
2. Pay
3. Work/Life Balance (however, in reality this is not significantly different from my current employer)
4. If you not "consulting" you are treated as a second or third class citizen (seemed that some in Management were attempting to address this but it still existed)

Advice to Senior Management

Salary need to continue to be aligned to the contribution made; Incentive compensation must be understandable if it is going to "incent" performance (interestingly, Accenture wants clearly defined expectations and asosciated rewards in its contracts but fails to provide this to their employees); make even outstanding Senior Executives adhere to the Core Values regarding Integrity and Respect for the Individual -- afterall, if they are willing to lie in Performance Evaluations in order to grind their axes are they also willing to lie about their own performance or that of their projects?