Accenture – “Accenture Marketing Sciences”

Pros

- Accenture Marketing Sciences allows you to feel like you are working in a small company within a massive power house.
- Develop impressive quantitative skills that will be transferrable to other industries
- Good camaraderie within the practice
- Work across multiple industries gives one great exposure at early stage of your career

Cons

- Salary below market, no bonus
- No emphasis on developing communication/presentation skills (Consultants can perform sophisticated analysis but can they effectively communicate results and offer recommendations?)

Advice to Senior Management

- Address pay issues.
- Emphasize more well-rounded consulting skills to augment impressive quantitative skills