Accenture Reviews in London, UK Area

Pros

great projects, good professional development support, smart people to work with

Cons

long hours, lots of off shore and away projects, 80% travelling, not a good place to be if you are married

Advice to Senior Management

offer some alumni outside the UK, an option to come back in diffrent locations as the knowlegde is still there.

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

Large programmes and the size of the firm means there can be lot's of diverse work on offer. If you like to work away from home and travel to the far flung parts of the UK, week after week, then Accenture might be for you.

Cons

A recognition structure that's biased against technical contributions. There are VERY few, if any, technical people in senior positions. At some point you will need to contribute sales and win work to be promoted.

Non-technical people managing technical staff does not work. They inevitably vent their frustrations on the team whose careers suffer in turn.

You wil not like everyone you work with. It can be very cliquey with those groups only ever promoting from within. And some people will do whatever it takes to get ahead of you.

Advice to Senior Management

Use several career models that fit the diversity of staff that work for the company. The old style partnership model is getting rapidly out of date.

Pros

Lots of different openings, and a wide variety of work can be available. Some great training available in the IT area.

Cons

Can be difficult to leave projects, and Accenture will put you on projects you hate, without any difficulty. Lots of SI work.

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate better with the workforce, and treat them as the most important part of the company, rather than just paying lip service.

Pros

The best reason to work with Accenture is the pay currently, it is very good from the moment you join.

Cons

None what so ever really

Advice to Senior Management

none

Pros

Good environment for growth. Friendly community with continuous effort on personal tailoringbof your career. Very good exposure to senior management

Cons

Not many opportunities for breadth of industries - pegionholed in one industry/sector. Not very competitive in terms of salary compensation.

Advice to Senior Management

Have to become
more flexible in letting employees get a more general exposure to other industries/sectors. Have to be able to accomodate people wanting to be mobile across geographies.

Pros

It was a very exciting job and good position. they helped me with my career and now i am in much better position.

Cons

they train you well but not enough. i think more trainings must be done to counter this and make employees happy.

Advice to Senior Management

take care of the employees and dont treat them as rubbish. they are as worthy as anything else. its about time you make it right.

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

Opportunities to work for big names across the globe.
Opportunities for training

Cons

Poor performance measure, not based on ability and effort but on your connection with the management.
Solution people are downgraded by pay and by promotions.
Long working hours.
Easy to be laid off.

Advice to Senior Management

Try to respect individuals and to recognize their real effort.

Pros

Working on Accenture solutions, at the beginning of your career gives you the oportunity to access very interesting clients/projects. The complany offers a good starting salary and great facilities for employes.

Cons

The ladering can be quite unfair and is ridiscusly dificult to go up, it depends more on the circunstances of the project that on your real abilities.

Advice to Senior Management

I think that the ladering process should be taken care of, and more recongition of people with great tech abilities should be made.