Accenture reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(177,426 total reviews)
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Julie Sweet

72% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Accenture has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 177,426 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Accenture employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Beratung industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Nov 21, 2014

Great people. Execs will bleed them dry.

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Pros

They work very hard to find great people. They offer referral bonuses to employees who bring in good qualified candidates. Most of the staff under management are amazing hard working people.

Cons

The company, often referred to as "The Firm", is rapidly changing the culture and environment so that it is no longer a pleasant place to be. Employees are constantly bombarded by corporate spam telling us how amazing it is to work there. Our computers are so loaded down with company "security" programs that they are barely functional. The level of micromanaging from a far is getting to be ridiculous. They are increasingly scrutinizing every decision and function we make. They constantly push this idea of "career path", however there isn't any formal program to help anyone work toward a promotion or other position. Their performance evaluation process is one whereby a manager that has 30 employees, and must fit each into a ranking of significantly above peer, above peer, consistent with peer, below peer, significantly below peer. Accenture does believe in force ranking. So for those 30 employees there are only so many consistent, above and significantly above slots available. If you have a super star performing team, somebody is getting pushed down to below peer or lower. Each year everyone's email is flooded with requests to donate to one of Accentures favorite charities. The number of emails regarding this campaign is obnoxious.

4.0
Nov 14, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

You get the opportunity to choose your career path; offers great fringe benefits; you can choose your work location amongst over 150 countries.

Cons

Salary is not at par with competition; if you dont have a sponsor, you will not move up the ladder regardless of the good work that you do.

4.0
Nov 13, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Accenture is a great company with a lot of market acceptance and clients. Benefits are above average, culture is good and if you are a recent grad and stay for most of your career it can be a fantastic place to work.

Cons

If you are a sales resource, especially a professional hire be prepared to work at an organization that does not value you. That looks at you as someone that is looking for a commission first and adding value second and be prepared to spend most of your time dealing with internal BS to get on the right deals. After you are on a deal, you will need to fight to stay on and work HARD to make sure you do not get screwed out of the commission when you win. This company does not apply its sales commission process uniformly, it is very subjective and it can leave you high and dry on earnings. My advice is to get into delivery, follow the Managing Director track and conform to the old culture or be prepared to get very very frustrated and miss out on what is rightly owed to you.

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