Accenture Reviews in New York City, NY Area

Pros

Benefits, large company so good resources, newest technology, great training available and the core values are wonderful but aren't really lived up to.

Cons

There is a lot of pressure to do and compete without a lot of collaboration. Compensation is below market level but getting better. Too large that people get lost and true value isn't recognized.

Advice to Senior Management

Implament 360 reviews. Ratings shouldn't be based just on what a manager thinks. There are a lot of lousey managers at Accenture.

Pros

Great people, interesting projects, good corporate culture. It is a good place to work overall. It's especially a good place to start a career since the name and brand of Accenture is so widely known. I don't work there anymore but people still KNOW who Accenture is if I mention the company.

Cons

Working for Solutions, I'd say that the salary was not very good. I left to make ends meet a little more. Consulting gets higher salaries and if I had to do it all over again, that's the division I'd apply for. Your experience at Accenture depends highly on the project. You could end up thinking Accenture is a horrible place to work because you put in 17 hour days or that it's a great place because you work 8 hour days. I had both experiences while working there...once even working until 2am 4 days straight.

Advice to Senior Management

Equalize pay between work streams,

Pros

Project management skill and people skill well developed.

Cons

Anual Promotion/ranking system is unfair.

Pros

1. Fantastic leadership talent and very smart people all around
2. Tremendous training at all levels including partners - they have a full fledged University near Chicago IL with 5 star dining facilities.
3. You are actually penalized if you don't complete trainings on time !! a great way to ensure employees take full benefits of their billion dollar annual training spend.
4. an inherent sense of deep pride in employees onsite/offshore
5. Absolutely no comaprison with offshore pureplays (where I worked before) on brand, processes, comp and talent

Cons

1. Large global firm but very well managed
2. Processes are "designed" to engage and win large complex deals so takes some time to engineer them downwards for smaller deals but can be done with some effort/learning
3. Very difficult to work for pureplays after working here. Extremely choosy employer.

Advice to Senior Management

More networking events with senior management would help better integration
More Senior Executive /Partner promotions a must to retain talent.

Pros

The brand is growing, and the opportunities for advancement are out there if you want them, whereas you can pursue the Career Expert model if you prefer to focus on delivery

Cons

There is still favor given to those who work on extremely large projects for long periods, and it is difficult for people who change clients a lot to develop strong mentor ship relationships with senior leadership

Advice to Senior Management

Build more consistent ways for the contributions of consultants who shift from project to project to be recognized and rewarded in the annual performance process, and work to help them develop career enhancing relationships with Senior Executives.

Pros

Flexible working atmosphere
Potential to grow

Cons

nothing much to describe it can continue with same policies

Advice to Senior Management

great going keep it up

Pros

Accenture has a very fair and reasonable review structure. Part of the culture requires that annual reviews happen along with mid-year check ins. This type of structure allows you to gauge where you are performing at the moment.

Cons

There is definitely a culture of "getting the job done". There are many very smart people that are all driven to succeed. This creates a demanding work environment in order to stand out from the crowd.

Advice to Senior Management

There should be an overhaul of the review system. There are many cases where deserving colleagues were passed over for promotion because their current business unit could not support it. A suggestion would be to rotate this person to another group to retain this talent.

Pros

promos are based on who you know... how you get along with people
flexible work arranagements
awesome people

Cons

long hours, very little pay

Pros

Good benefits, vacation days that roll over, ability to take unpaid time off, social responsibility (Accenture Development Partnership), global reach. The people are generally great.

It's a large company with a global reach so everyone's experiences are different. Many people thrive, and many don't. It's not a place for everyone.

Cons

Lack of work/life balance. Management is hit or miss at times. Sometimes you work for great managers who is always on the ball, and sometimes you work for managers who clearly have other priorities.

Pros

locations, hours, and pay are all great

Cons

flexibility for time off is extra hard to schedule in advance, mostly because of all the traveling

Advice to Senior Management

You are not the greatest thing on Earth, by the way.