Accenture reviews

"Work/life balance" can suck at times. Often you'll see the clients leaving at 5:00 to go home and have a life even though there is a "critical deadline" looming while at the same time the entire Accenture team is there working until the wee hours (and not just the traveling folks), but I guess that's true of consulting in general. On the compensation front it's fairly widely known that you can probably make more money at other places for the same type of work, at least in the short term, but then again I don't think the career path is as clear at other places and from what I hear the money once you've "made it" is pretty darn good. Accenture is a great place for techical people to build skills but may not be a place you'd want to stick around long-term as you're basically forced into management after some time whether you want to go or not.

Staffing - My HR representative was a joke. He had no knowledge of my practice area (SAP), and little understanding of how consulting engagements work. I seemed to be a lot better at getting project leads and making connections with engagement leaders than he was. During our weekly calls, he would always repeat his mantra of "I'm doing everything I can for you." Unfortunately, his idea of "everything" was somewhat less than one would think. During the 4 MONTHS I was on the bench at Accenture (and I was a top tier manager at IBM before joining ACN), he came up with one potential engagement for me...in Nigeria. He then suggested I look at projects outside of SAP (I have 10 years functional and technical SAP experience). I was basically blown away that this company couldn't find a project for a certified Manager with 10+ years of SAP and Big 4 experience, and a top 10% performance rating coming from IBM. Communication - Corporate communications were limited to fiscal results and a few insignificant company initiatives. Request for feedback from employees was nil.