Accenture Reviews in Washington, DC Area

Pros

Great Learning Opportunities, Growing Business, Great People

Cons

Long work weeks and difficult hours at times

Advice to Senior Management

Be sure to communicate how your inferiors are performing frequently

Pros

Skills and experiences gained surpass what you will get elsewhere. Work is challenging but rewarding. Quality/personalities of employees is excellent.

Cons

Employees must learn how to navigate the performance evaluation process. You cannot rely solely on management for your promotion.

Advice to Senior Management

Improve the feedback cycle to allow for more 360 degree feedback for managers and lower level supervisors.

Pros

Great Clients
Smart People
Definied career ladder

Cons

O.k. pay and benefits
Managers expected to sacrifice a lot for family.

Pros

Variety of projects available in the firm

Cons

if you are in DC, forget about not working on a federal client, they stick you there and wont let you go. Even if there is a need somewhere else and you find a project, they will keep you where they want you.

Advice to Senior Management

Think about your people development more

Pros

The people are great and the work was really interesting. As an analyst I got to work in consultant roles and was promoted based on my hard work.

Cons

Sometimes it can be difficult to get off of projects. It is important to have a good relationship with your career counselor to help you out in those situations.

Pros

Just to gain some experience in one of the big companies, other than that i wouldn't consider working for this company not more than 2 years

Cons

No overtime, always short deadlines, poor planning, many projects does not support work/life balance, unfair in promotion process, unfair system in providing end of the year feedback

Advice to Senior Management

You guys never care about who are working for 5-10 yrs, they just like to have fresh college grads..bcas they can pay low...and the SEs and Managers they get to stick to their positions for 10-15 yrs.....they have to move on to give opportunities for others

Pros

Great knowledge sharing network and able to pick up a lot of skills in any project. Benefits are great.

Cons

- When it comes to promotion, it doesn't make sense to have your counselor to represent you if he/she hasn't been on your project. Therefore a lot of misinterpretation happens resulting your chance for promotion. You can work your butt off, provide great quality work, get praises from management but the only thing you'll get in the end is disappointment.

- Bonus' is pathetic and management expects you to work "harder" next year

- Rolling off projects is almost impossible with stubborn management that always thinks about "me, me, me"

Advice to Senior Management

As a management consulting firm, LISTEN to your own people. Stop being cheap and give better bonuses/salary to employees. And you wonder why ACN slipped on Fortune's list year after year.

Pros

Lot of access to learning and increasing responsibilities. Many opportunities to network internally and with the client.

Cons

Not sure if career longevity happens much here. I see a lot of turn-over. Consulting changes very quickly, that is the norm. A bad client can ruin a job.

Pros

Huge network within a massive company; stable federal clients with minimal overtime required; good corporate brand; competitive compensation package; strong internal training programs.

Cons

Very rigid promotion process that requires some beaurocratic maneuverings, inflexibility when moving between different practices/geographical units; federal practice can be slow towards end of fiscal year.

Pros

Lots of smart people who are easy to work with. Knowledge sharing of best practices. Challenging work to achieve high performance.

Cons

There are so many people involved and so much corporate bureaucracy that sometimes it is difficult to get things done unless you become very vocal, especially on federal contracts.

Advice to Senior Management

The best thing about Accenture is its challenging work and its core values (especially the respect for its individuals). Living those core values everyday is the key.