Soul-less, Unfair Pay and Career Progression. Don't work here :)
Pros
At a push, there are a few perks that come from working for a conglomerate agency, but are free cinema tickets, and some money towards a new pair of glasses actually worth it? Graduate programme is good money-wise if you can get onto it, but don't do that if you actually want to learn.
Cons
Accenture talk a big talk about being pioneering and efficient, but their confusing and counterintuitive "processes" create more admin than the job itself, hindering staff and frustrating clients to no end. They have no idea what it takes to run an actual advertising agency, and as a consequence all of the agencies they have bought have suffered a slow and painful death. They cannot keep hold of talent to save their life, losing incredible people and letting the accounts they are still clinging onto suffer in the thick of it. Zero transparency when it comes to pay. Unfair pay across agencies that they buy compared to "new talent" that come in through graduate schemes – which doesn't line up to the red-brick uni attending group they say they're after. Management receive bonus' in the thousands multiple times a year, whilst the hardworking lower levels trundle on with pay that isn't reflective of actual living standards, nor that has been adjusted in line with the graduates they hire or against impressive job performance. Wishy washy communication from management leaves you in the dark 90% of the time. This company is all bark and no bite. My only regret is that I didn't leave sooner.