Accenture "Work Life Balance" Reviews

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1. **Work-Life Balance**: Accenture is known for its demanding work culture, especially in client-facing roles, where long hours and travel may be required. This can affect work-life balance, particularly for employees with family or personal commitments. 2. **Pressure and Stress**: The fast-paced environment, tight deadlines, and high expectations can sometimes lead to stress and burnout. This is particularly true in certain projects or roles that require constant client interaction and project deliverables. 3. **Limited Career Progression for Some**: Some employees feel that career progression may not always be clear or transparent. While Accenture offers many opportunities for growth, the path to promotion can sometimes be slow or competitive, especially in more senior positions. 4. **Hierarchical Structure**: Accenture, like many large organizations, has a hierarchical structure that some employees find limiting. They may feel that decisions are made at higher levels without enough input from those at lower levels. 5. **Job Rotation**: While Accenture provides opportunities to work on various projects and gain diverse experiences, some employees may find the frequent changes in job roles and assignments to be disruptive or unsatisfying, as it can make it difficult to build expertise in one specific area. 6. **Focus on Billable Hours**: For employees in client-facing roles, there can be a strong emphasis on billable hours, which might create pressure to meet targets. This focus may detract from other valuable work, such as training, skill development, or personal growth. 7. **Corporate Culture and Bureaucracy**: Some employees may find Accenture’s corporate culture and internal processes to be bureaucratic or rigid. This can sometimes hinder innovation or make day-to-day work less flexible than at smaller, more agile companies. 8. **Compensation vs. Workload**: There are occasional complaints about the mismatch between the amount of work expected from employees and the compensation they receive, particularly at junior levels. Some feel that the workload doesn’t always reflect the compensation package. 9. **Frequent Travel**: Many roles at Accenture, especially in consulting, involve frequent travel. While some employees appreciate this as an opportunity to see new places, others find the travel demanding and tiring, particularly when it impacts their personal life. 10. **Standardization**: Some employees feel that the company’s standardized processes and approach can limit creativity or individual initiative, especially when working on client projects that follow a strict methodology. 11. **No Salary Increment for Several Years**: Some employees have reported not receiving a salary increase for an extended period (e.g., 3 years or more). This can lead to dissatisfaction, especially when job performance and company growth do not seem to be reflected in compensation adjustments. 12. **Extended Working Hours**: Although the standard working hours are supposed to be 9 hours, some employees report being required to work 9.5 hours, leading to frustration and a sense that the company is demanding more time without appropriate compensation or recognition for the additional hours. NEVER WORK WITH THIS COMPANY. WORST COMPANY EVER SEEN....Read More

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Work days: Rotational Shift (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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We got paid on time.

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You are not being value as a person. You have to sacrifice your personal life. Promotions are based on buttering skill if you do not possess that skill you may not even get the variable pay promotion and appraisals remains your dream though you have done your job well.

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Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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In start of job everyone and everything will seem nice once you spend a year or so then they will start being toxic. If you want to leave current project to look for another project they will not let you leave and will try to stop you at any cost and if after all that also you left they will give you bad feedback, they will cancel your bonus and will try to ruin your credibility for next projects. Deadline will be strict, higher management only looks for numbers doesn’t care about quality of work at all. Client is treated as GOD even if they abuse or have irrational demands. You will be stuck in between management and client in between with all work load and responsibilities neither management takes any responsibilities nor they push back on client for irrational demands. All Accenture care about is not losing the client even if they have to lose good employees....Read More

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Culture, Management

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

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It allows people at all levels to work with various add ons.This burden also helps learning.

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No WFH, no work life balance, salary increment on hold for 2 yrs, no ijp accepted, worst toxic culture

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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It's been 6 months so far...wfh is good. Salary is fine. Learnings are good. Opportunities are good

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Work culture. Ethics. Work life balance is 0. No talks between. No bonding nothing. I am disappointed by my project. No appreciation only making sure that how to demotivate you. Chugli gang.

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It only has name

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1- no work life balance 2- toxic environment 3- Micro management 4- they freeze promotions & increments anytime they want, saying this is Accenture policy

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Nothing

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They Are going back to old bpo culture from a good work life balance to worst and without an appraisal for an year. No promotion no apraisal now no work life balance

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Work policy: 1 day in a month

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Work Life Balance Job Security - if you work at ASE /SE level chances are very less for termination.

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Very delayed Promotion Salary increment will be after more than 2 years Favouritism Leads not having knowledge but give you instructions

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Work policy: 2 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.