Accenture FAQ

Pros

Flexible shift, employee discount, good salary

Cons

Bad management, no work life balance

Advice to Management

Understand your employees more, listen to us more

Pros

WFH, employee share plan, private pension, flexibility, work /life balance, rapid innovations, automatizations

Cons

Tight deadlines, ignores Irish Bank Holidays, not much cons

Advice to Management

I have no problem with Management. Keep up the good work to allow innovative ideas come true.

Pros

Decent benefits package, work from home, culture and values

Cons

Low base pay, slow promotions

Pros

Lots of smart people, lots of good efforts by smart people; good work-life flexibility; good company understanding and tolerance of remote work; amazing maternity benefits in certain countries - per law; good corporate partnerships

Cons

no tuition reimbursement unless you attend certain schools for an MBA and are selected to receive the benefit- it’s not a standard benefit; low pay compared to other companies; large discrepancies between hiring salaries, bonuses, and years of credit towards promotion for recruits; systemic negative bias towards Indians; political and bureaucratic common among large matrix organizations; sells inclusion and diversity assets to clients but doesn’t use them in-house; no CEO acknowledgement of major diversity events; clickish hiring/promotion practices internally; HR mostly consists of white middle-aged women living in the US; unethical lay-off tactics - (tons of amazing employees let go and ACN told the media they were letting go of their bottom 10% - not just a way to get rid of OG salaries, but if true, was a major breach of data privacy; extreme pendulum swings for business practices and culture with each new leadership group; lots of required ghosting of hours for consultants

Advice to Management

Get some consistency that can persist even with leadership changes. It would make for a better employee experience. Given our core values, there shouldn’t be THAT much change for certain aspects when leadership shifts happen. When there is, it’s a sign that something is wrong way up top.

Pros

Great work/life balance Lots of opportunities of growth Very respectful, equality, diversity and Sustainability friendly Safe place for women to work and real career growth Great Medical insurance Great benefits (Marriage, Holidays, Maternity leave Accenture days, sick leaves, etc)

Cons

Huge corporate size, might be a bit overwhelming at first. Salary in Costa Rica are lower than similar creative studios in other europe/eeuu as expected.