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Working at Accenture in Chicago, IL: 71 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Chicago, IL Area

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On average, employees in Chicago, IL at Accenture give their company a 2.7 rating out of 5.0 based on 71, whereas overall Average Rating of Accenture is 4.1 out of 5.0 based on 1059 Accenture Review Ratings. The happiest Accenture employees in Chicago, IL are Senior Software Engineers submitting an average rating of 4.3 and Systems Analysts with a rating of 4.2.

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4.1
Average Rating
(based on 781 Accenture Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.0
Growth Opportunities
3.8
People You Work With
4.4
Person You Work For
4.2
Rewards You Receive
3.8
Support You Get
4.1
Way You Work
4.2
Work Setting
4.1
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"I have worked with Accenture for 3 years and it's been an exciting journey of topsy-turvy curves. Challenged, motivated and jolted at times to the threshold but still stand firm for more upcoming challenges."
Posted 10 years ago in New York City, NY

Working at Accenture in Chicago, IL: 71 Employee Reviews

Senior Specialist

"If you don't mind working lots of overtime, Accenture is the best to work! Various projects and great people."

What do you like about working at Accenture?

"Various projects, Accenture values, Accenture people; company reputation and community involvement."

What don't you like about working at Accenture?

"Work/life is not balanced, the company do offer trainings on how to handle workload and burn out."

QA Test Lead

What do you like about working at Accenture?

"The people."

What don't you like about working at Accenture?

"Balancing work and personal life."

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

4.1
Accenture (1059)

4.8 Highest Rated in this Industry is Right Direction Crisis Intervention (5)
2.0 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Wave2Wave Communications (10)
3.6 Average of All Companies in this Industry (10,807)
Consultant

"Andersen Consulting was a great place to work and grow."

Manager

"Great place to get some experience."

What do you like about working at Accenture?

"Experience."

What don't you like about working at Accenture?

"Large corporate structures are often impersonal."

Programmer

"Accenture was a job which paid the bills, barely."

What do you like about working at Accenture?

"The amount of knowledge which was obtained just after graduating college was insurmountable and was certainly an asset to my career."

What don't you like about working at Accenture?

"The pay was less-than-adequate when compared to the high-paced work environments employees were placed in. The reasoning was that since you were allowed to stay local that they would pay you less."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Reward your employees better."

Senior Programmer

"It is a great place to work and learn new technology."

What do you like about working at Accenture?

"Work at different projects and learn new skills."

Consultant

"Rock solid company."

Research Associate

"Nice to visit -- but not a place to stay forever."

Senior Manager

What do you like about working at Accenture?

"Quality of people."

What don't you like about working at Accenture?

"Personal sacrifice."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Pay attention to balance of personal and work life."

Senior Consultant

"Global consulting firm providing technology solutions as well as strategy, process improvement, and business process outsourcing services."

Consultant

What do you like about working at Accenture?

"Wealth of knowledge capital to leverage. I was always learning, and getting paid to learn! Tough to fail aside from blown scope on on fixed priced bid contracts."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Demonstrate emotional intelligence, tact, and strong client focus. Stay positive and have a sense of humor as well."

What don't you like about working at Accenture?

"It's a different company now than what it was in the 90s. Transition to going public changed the culture somewhat adversely."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None. Haven't worked there since 2000. I'm a shareholder now, not a stakeholder so, based on the rest of my investment portfolio, I'm pretty happy."

Programming Consultant

What do you like about working at Accenture?

"The benefits."

What don't you like about working at Accenture?

"Not much really."

Product Specialist

"It was great!"

Global Lead

"They talk a good story."

What do you like about working at Accenture?

"Diversity of clients, exceptional people to work with."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Trust but verify."

What don't you like about working at Accenture?

"Senior management changes quickly. Considerable politics left over from previous iterations of company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be honest."

Manager

"Good place to work, challenging environment, great people, salary just OK but total compensation is really good."

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