Great place to start...bad place to stay. - Consultant Accenture Employee Review

2.0
25 June 2008
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Pros

You'd be hard pressed to find another job where you'll meet such a multitude of people from different backgrounds, races, etc that are your age with a similar career mindset. I also can't think of a job with 5 weeks of vacation for new college grads (who ironically don't have the money to go anywhere with that kind of time).

Cons

Accenture's ability to promote completely mediocre people is truly astounding. They have these claims like "Meritocracy", "Up or Out", and "Best People". To be honest, from everything I've seen, there is a large talent gap between the pre-IPO Management and the lower level managers who will presumably take over. The longer I worked there, the more people I met that I truly respected...and then promptly watched large portions of those people leave. Being on large implementations (Accenture's bread and butter) gives you a strong feeling of being another warm body.

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Cons

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5.0
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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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