Not (necessarily) a Meritocracy - Senior Manager Accenture Employee Review

3.0
29 June 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- great exposure to a diverse and endless list of clients - the company is so vast your time there is really "what you make of it". - excellent way to sharpen your skills in any career path - great way to travel and see the world on somebody else's dime if that is what you want to do. - not a "sharp elbow" culture.

Cons

- I have lost count of how many times I have seen people in the office called out for achievement simply because they seem more friendly with upper management. - Similarly, I have seen less social colleagues kicking butt on client projects but annually getting passed over for promotion. - In many ways, upward mobility at Accenture feels like always making sure you have a seat at the "cool kids" table during lunch in high school. - Leadership culture of MBAs in its technical/digital divisions. - Below market rate payscale for engineers.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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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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