Accenture reviews

According to coworkers there can be a lot of unexpected overtime where you get guilted into it by committed teammates; for the consulting workforce 100% travel is a distinct possibility (I've never experienced either of these personally; however I did have unexpected inconvenient travel). For consulting there is a strong "up-or-out" push to go quickly into management and sales, which can be frustrating if you want to become stronger/deeper technically before moving up, and leads to a huge frustrating lack of technically skilled team leads and technical mentoring- I very quickly became a trusted "expert" to my non-technical managers despite feeling like I'm just trying to learn new technologies myself, and have had a very difficult time getting anyone to look at my work to give feedback to help me grow. The fact that it is a huge company means you can easily get lost and feel ignored/unappreciated despite their myriad programs to try to address this- the person assigned to give me ratings/feedback has never been located in the same region as me, and has changed frequently, so I haven't been able to develop a close relationship/advocate for my career advancement. They also have a strange approach to training where they see Accenture-specific training as adequate, so they are not supportive of pursuing outside certifications or degrees.

Depending on the project you are put on, there could be essentially 100% travel, or 0% travel. When it is 100% travel, there is no work-life balance, and you work quite a bit of overtime. However, there is also alot of downtime in between projects, where you don't know what to do with yourself. Another downside of working at Accenture is the promotion process. You are up against every other level in your department in the country, so therefore you get rated amongst everyone, so although you may get an exceeds rating from your review, this might not correspond to an exceptional pay increase or bonus, because you are based out of everyone in the country.