Pros

Name, Can-Do spirit, brand name clients, variety of projects, exposure to technology

Cons

Not so competent management, low technical skills, low value development work

Advice to Senior Management

Pay attention to experienced hire with good technical skills, Increase salaries, compensate overtime, break old-boys club, improve promotion process

Pros

Great people - very high calibre
Interesting and challenging work
Very respectful and collegial environment
Company is run very well with sound top level decision making

Cons

Compensation not in parallel with expectations and amount of work effort
Bureaucracy around internal work and processes can cause delays for exceedingly long periods
Minimal time provided to innovate

Advice to Senior Management

Compensation needs to be improved substantially for the amount of effort we put in. Often working 2-3 people's jobs, especially with the amount of offshoring to unqualified resources (where we have to pick up the slack)
Bureaucracy is out of control. Common sense approaches are needed to unmuddy the ability to make rapid and appropriate decisions that are "no-brainers" and the right things to do
Provide key roles/players/experts with additional time and lower chargeability requirements to take part in innovation activities

Pros

Benefits, People you work with, prestige associated with the name

Cons

Occasionally work/life balance is poor, Senior management occasional forgets that "our people are our greatest asset", loyalty to the employee has suffered over the years

Advice to Senior Management

Cutting to save costs is fineand is part of business, but dont tell employees they are so important then let them go or chase them out. There are plenty of places to save oney besides employees.

Pros

Lots of opportunity, smart motivated people

Cons

Lower pay compared to competitors

Advice to Senior Management

Reduce turnover by providing entry level analysts with more choices

Pros

The people are really great - overall very positive attitude. Not bad for a huge company, the internal processes are pretty solid and - though flawed - the yearly review process is very reasonable if you do a good job. A lot of very smart people and great opportunites to work with some big clients on technology implementation. All the management I came in contact with had a very good appreciation for work/life balance.

Cons

Pay is not competitive, despite what they tell you. Everyone leaves to go somewhere else for more money.
If you don't like IT systems implementation, you'll be struggling to find the business-focused roles - Systems Integration is the bulk of the work.

Advice to Senior Management

I would say that they should offer better compensation, but I don't know if I would if I were in their shoes... they have a fantastic brand and are a top choice for new grads, plus they are industrializing delivery, so they can afford to lose people.

Pros

- Able to work with projects with 'Great' names
- Able to get into big companies
- Work is sometimes non-technical / no skills needed
- Able to network with great people from great companies

Cons

- No skills learned
- Sometimes cannot make any preference for any projects
- Not too technical
- Some consultants are just plainly know nothing but very good in talking
- Very LOW salary

Advice to Senior Management

- More technical skills and applicable trainings!

Pros

Provides good opportunities for career growth in both managerial and technical development
Better total benefits package
People are generally good to deal with, lots of bright ideas and very helpful
Lots of tools, methods, approaches that can help you accomplish tasks in a more efficient manner
Ideal for those who have extreme passion to learn and/or what can be described as 'workaholics'

Cons

If you're one of the "lucky" ones, you'll often have too much work to do that you can't fit in a normal 8-hour job, and there are times that you can actually have too much "on-top-of" work
New increased work week hours policy

Advice to Senior Management

Clients may be the source of revenue, but employees are the main assets that enable you to offer the kind of services they look for. Employees are pretty much customers as much as clients are. Happy employees = happy clients. They're people who have both strengths of value judgment and limitations, not some efficient, hard-set cogs of machines.

Pros

- a true global company
- proper systems and tools which are use across all locations
- good leadership program, developed leaders who are well rounded in Value Creation, Business Operation and People Development
- Energetic bunch of people with can do attitude

Cons

- Being in Enterprise Workforce meaning...limited career progression opportunity
- Leaders in EWF needs to fairly appraise & reward their teams and provide due recognition

Advice to Senior Management

Should re-evaluate the feedback process and the peer group definition for EWF.

Pros

Great launching pad for your career. Much better than going to grad school, and it pays better too. Joining this firm to start my career was one of the best decisions I ever made.

Cons

Suffice it to say, you're going to work some long hours at Accenture. That can be extremely exhausting and can wear even the most enthusiastic person down.

Advice to Senior Management

Accenture has always prided itself as a great place for women to work, but thats a load of BS if you ask me. Its a great place for single women, but god forbid you decide to have a family.

Pros

Accenture has a great company culture. They have an excellent presence in the community and looks great on a resume.

Cons

I found it easy to be overlooked and used on a project as a space filler. You have to fight to get real work to do in order to have a decent yearly review.

Advice to Senior Management

Utilize the resources and talent you have within the company. Otherwise, people will begin to build disdain towards the company.