Hey All,Been a while since I last visited this place after joining Accenture. I was given some useful advice (and a few adverse ones) so thought it best to pen down my experience so far. To recap, I joined the Consulting work force as a Manager in Oct(after negotiating a low ball offer), had a few heated discussions/rants with some seriously pessimistic boarders and decided it was best to come back on after I actually spent some time with ACN. Work life balance in the area I work has been great with just about a week's worth of 10hr days over the past 10 months. People have been great both below and above my level with excellent work ethics. The saying that you get to work with some really smart and fun teams is genuinely true. You do get the odd one or two that you really want to strangle but I'm not complaining :-)Except for a slow (though able) HR team and the need to have a good network to bag the right role, there hasnt been a lot to point fingers at. Laterals do tend to find it more difficult to blend in and feel lost but that's improving slowly.All in all, a lot better than what I had expected and definitely heaven in comparison to how previous posters had some snide remarks packed with a few low punches at ACN in general. While I have worked/managed Services and Delivery areas, I do accept I can only speak for Consulting and nothing else. My rating so far is a 7 on 10 including work, people, pay and benefits - there is room for improvement but ACN is much better than other places out thereAces
