Pros
Besides being a Global Brand name, nothing great, as it has grown in size so has the employee dissatisfaction, while a person in Accenture UK works for 9 hours , in Accenture India employees are forced to work for minimum 10hours daily (Double Standards) !!!. They have thousands of policies and procedures to harass employees. Accenture hires a lot of fresh/ (Low cost Resources), to keep cost low.
Cons
Your ordeal begins From the day you join. They first hire people and then put them on bench saying that their are no openings for his skill. Then you might be asked to cross skill to a different technology and start from scratch, the ordeal doesnt end here, now you may be asked to relocate to a different city, I was surprised to see that they were hiring for the skills for which people were sitting on bench !!! Their is hardly any coordination between the HR/ management. You need a WBS(Charge code) for anything and everything, you need a notepad , you need to fill a form, email that , get that approved and what not. HR The HR is only for name sake, most of them sitting in a different city , you might work in noida and your HR in Banglore, if you are lucky and they are in the same city, they seldom hear you, even if you go to them with your grievances, dont expect them to help you coz only God knows what they remain busy with. WORK LIFE BALANCE You are supposed to work for over 10hrs a day, often extending you shift , working on weekends, working from home , and you dont get any comp. offs / over time for that . They dont even allow documenting that in your yearly appraisals as thats illegal !!! Hardly any good projects left in Accenture, most big projects have been lost to its competitors like wipro, Infy , HCL, thanks to its inefficient Sales teams and management. Most managers are self centered , only concerned about their promotions and hikes, while you work extra hours and not only do your work and your managers work, its the manager who ends up getting all the rewards and recognition. Lots if internal politics. The Senior managers/ DU leads talk big however their are no results. Ever since Accenture has grown big, the policies have become worse and more and more employee unfriendly. Even on bench you are supposed to do certifications, Take sessions. If you don't do that , you are threatened of poor ratings and being fired out of the company. Recently a female employee complained of being Harassed by her Team Lead and Manager , instead of taking action against the culprits, the female employee was fired, and the Team Lead and Manager still roam around freely working for this great company !!!! Good , Hard working people hardly have a chance in such unpro. environment. One of the AMs ,despite being a excellent performer has not got promoted since 4+ yrs, and has been shunted from Mumbai , NCR, Banglore. APPRAISALS The appraisals are hardly based on merit / performance , are based on managers whims and fancies. I have seen the most inefficient person getting promoted , when you ask them the reason , you are told about bell curves, and policies . (Management ploy to confuse you ). Dont expect over 7-8% hikes, The variable performance amount you actually get is only 50% of what is mentioned in your offer letterthough. Even the rewards and recognition are hardly given to the deserving candidates, mostly go to the people who are loyal to the managers. OVERALL Overall a Highly inefficient and unfriendly company to work . In the name of cost cutting they end up making the company extremely unfriendly for its employees. Employee satisfaction is lost in the maze of thousands of Policies ,Procedures and the Red Tape