Good name and corporate culture, but be prepared to feel like a cog. - Consultant Accenture Employee Review

4.0
12 May 2009
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Pros

ACN has a good reputation in the IT sphere and can provide various opportunities across different sectors of the government. It also has a strong corporate culture and is very institutionalized in that way; I came from a much smaller firm and enjoyed the increased "systematic-ness" of ACN vs. the much more ad-hoc daily workings of a smaller company. While I do appreciate the advantages of a smaller firm in certain ways, ACN could leverage its size in many ways, internally and externally. The salary was also good--ACN offered me almost twice my salary from my previous job. Travel benefits were good as well.

Cons

The travel was extremely heavy. I was flying to the client site every monday, flying back home every thursday evening, for 6 month stretches. Not exactly a great situation for someone with a home and/or family. The work itself was also fairly monotonous; maybe for someone with an extensive IT background it would have been more interesting, but working on spreadsheets for 80% of my day was not my idea of "adding value." I did have access to the primary client as a junior consultant, but the numbers/spreadsheets ran the day; almost no real intuitive thought needed.

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5.0
13 May 2026
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Pros

great place to start out career

Cons

long hours and lots of travel

5.0
21 Sept 2015
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Pros

There are a lot of pros working for Accenutre. They have great career opportunities, a never ending supply of interesting work, competitive compensation, wonderful benefits, great people, wonderful training programs, a tremendous number of brilliant professionals in their fields ready to help, and great core values.

Cons

This is not an opportunity for those that do not want to work. At Accenture everyone has a load of work to do and often times under very tight customer time lines. It is a challenge that I enjoy but many might find it stressful.

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