Accenture reviews

Very cheap company. Pay is TERRIBLE. Sr software engineers make around 65k here as opposed to ~100k at any other company. The bench: if you are not on a project, then you are put on the bench. If you are on the bench for too long, you will get released from the company. Also, you do NOT get to choose your projects. This means if you are pursuing let's say web development and there is a role that opens up for a documentation writer, you will get stuffed into that role. Now let's say a web development role opens up a week after you join your documentation role, can you make the switch? Nope! Accenture will not allow that until your role/contract is up with the documentation position. Basically Accenture does not care about what you want to do with your career and how you want to build your resume. I know software engineers that got stuck in tech support roles for over a year. Huge waste of time. That does nothing for your resume. Stay away from this company as you will inevitably get stuffed into 1-dimensional, stagnant positions. A lot of my coworkers are trying to leave the company. The attrition rate at this company is also very poor.

- …good luck finding an “acceptable time” to use it. - Salaries are low - Bonuses are lower… (the highest 5% of performers rarely get above 10% of salary; the middle 60% gets closer to 4% of salary) - Recruiters flat out lied to me (and several others I’ve since met) about the bonus structure/promotion cycle - The only behavior that is consistently rewarded is an obnoxious level of kissing a** - Promotions/raises only come once per year through an extremely lengthy, formalized, and broken ranking process - The “support structure” that was touted so heavily in the recruiting process is non-existent - HR reps are only interested in finding you a project as soon as possible regardless of its fit for your skills/interests - Career counselors are, more often than not, more interested in becoming career counselors to further their own careers than helping you with yours Accenture’s biggest problem, however, is its people. The types of people who stay with Accenture are typically bureaucratic and unimpressive intellectually. Accenture “lifers” tend to ensure they are surrounded by the same “yes men” throughout their careers and will do all that they can to get them promoted over more qualified applicants who challenge their ideas. Overall, Accenture is a fine place to work if you enjoy receiving a paycheck commensurate with a 40 hour work week despite the 80 hours stated on your time report. You must be willing to tolerate (and even feign enjoying) the presence of people who cannot think for themselves. You will be living in a never ending Dilbert comic strip where everybody is either Wally or the Pointy-Haired Boss.