Accenture Reviews in London, UK Area

Pros

Provides good trainings
Good performance management

Cons

Too much politics
Poor employee retention management

Pros

Great salary
Fantastic reputation
Looks good on your CV

Cons

Unfriendly staff - lots of backstabbing and arrogance - trust no one.
Lots of stressed and scared employees.
Unprofessional managers - inconsistent, vague, always pointing the finger and finding scapegoats.

The offices are depressing, once you get past the glitz of the entrance. And that defines Accenture -a place where appearances and reputation are what matters and where reality of how staff feel is not important. Great benefits, and salaries - which you will never, never, never, have the time to enjoy. You will become a drudge, living, breathing and sleeping Accenture. If you must work there, make sure you get in and out quick. Completely soul destroying.

Advice to Senior Management

Remember that we are all equal.

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

Competitive environment and good projects

Cons

poor work life balance and poor project management

Advice to Senior Management

fairness in promotions , good work life balance, good project management

Pros

Quality of people employed, breadth of services offered to clients,.Accenture's reputation, business strategy and strength of relationships with the worlds largest software vendors. The career opportunities available to successful employees

Cons

Due to Accenture's success and continued growth if can be very difficult to maintain a persitent and effective work life balance

Pros

Switching projects is quite easy
Promotions are fair
Job opportunities good

Cons

Very few chances to switch technology
Sometimes feel outsiders as a consultant to clients.

Advice to Senior Management

Have more interaction with employees career growth

Pros

Reputation of the firm, flexibility in choosing projects

Cons

Most of the projects are pure project management

Advice to Senior Management

Seek 360 deg feedback from subordinates if you actually want to know how they feel

Pros

For those who want to excel in general IT consulting or a well paying management track, there are many opportunities.

Cons

Forget all about:
- Any specific skills or interests you have.
- Work/life balance; exists only in principle, not in practice.
- Meritocracy; who you know matters more than what you know or how well you have performed.

Advice to Senior Management

The earlier focus on innovation and excelling in providing solutions to clients is now missing and there is too much focus on providing bodies to clients. Go back to innovation mode - which means putting people with industry knowledge and technical skills in the forefront instead of being a body shopper. Revamp the sales framework to sell solutions again. Rework the partnerships and alliances - use technology as the sales driver instead of providing people to clients for vaguely defined roles.

Pros

Great people
Great Brand
Smart People
Big Clients
Good initial perks like chicago trip and joining bonus for grads

Cons

Too big
No sense of belonging
Too long hours so no work life balance
Too much travel
Pay is not good compared to responsibility once you hit consultant
Too much competition among peers

Advice to Senior Management

Work life balance is a big thing, stop burning out your people
Reward your people better to stop the attrition rate

Pros

It's a good name to have on your CV and the best thing about Accenture comes when you leave the place...it opens many doors.

Cons

No meritocracy

Too many politically correct appointments

HR are very very devious as are Senior Management. Don't be surprised if nobody thanks you for working 16 hour days for 6 months in a row.

Advice to Senior Management

Make the promotion system fairer, practice what you preach, smile at your workers and show people respect. Working at Accenture is a lottery. The best people aren't promoted - the most arrogant ones are or the ones in the right place at the right time.