Working at Accenture in Reston, VA: 13 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Reston, VA Area

"So much potential, a wonderful firm."

"I have worked for Accenture for 5 years, implemented CRM Applications. Now, I am doing my master's and specialization in Big Data Analytics."

"Most part - it was great."

What do you like about working at Accenture?

"It was what I was interested in doing and I enjoyed my job. A lot of growth."

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

"Great company to work, and it's a great place to start."

What don't you like about working at Accenture?

"Location changed and it was too far. Affected school and work hours. Instead of being flexible they were very firm with hours."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more flexible, Help set goals to move forward and fairness to teammates."

What do you like about working at Accenture?

"There are several different technologies being utilized within various projects."

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

"The company as a whole seems good but this doesn't account for the projects that you get staffed on. Been on several projects where the majority of my team was contracted out from various companies. So do not expect to just be working with Accenture folks."

What don't you like about working at Accenture?

"Seems very political, you get placed on projects that are not a good match, keep you on the project even through the leads see you struggling or hate the work."

"Accenture is an excellent company!"

"Working at Accenture."

What do you like about working at Accenture?

"I was able to move into client server development and then later into web development."

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

"Be flexible with respect to traveling."

"Accenture can quickly cause physical, mental burnout."

What do you like about working at Accenture?

"At the time, it was still Andersen Consulting, so the name Andersen meant you were one of the best, working for the best consulting companies in the world."

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

"It's best to work for this company if you're single. It can cause havoc on you if you are married and have children."

What don't you like about working at Accenture?

"The work schedule was terrible. For example, my worst time was living in Arlington, VA but working in Littleton, Colorado. I would fly out of Dulles Airport Sunday night, work Monday through Friday in Colorado, and fly back to Virginia. I did this from October 1999 to March 2000... every week for 5 months."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't just say work and life balance. Back up your talk with actions."

"A great place to work."

What do you like about working at Accenture?

"Everything except salary."

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

"Accenture requires you to be at your best."

What don't you like about working at Accenture?

"Salary was a bit low."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Nothing. This is a well run company."

What do you like about working at Accenture?

"The opportunity to grow, a lot of education classes."

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

"Ask a lot of questions about their workplace culture."

What don't you like about working at Accenture?

"The work stress environment, the organization setup, lack of freedom, and especially workplace culture."

"They treat people like a dirt. You may not have a salary raise. You may be a hard worker but this is not an option for them. It is a Soviet Style Enterprise Company where your performance depends on attending community meetings but not a hard work."

What don't you like about working at Accenture?

"They treat people like a dirt. You may be a hard worker but they don't care. As long as you are politically active such as attending community meetings. Otherwise the more and better you work, the worse is for you. If you don't talk to your manager but you do your job, you may not get a good performance. That sucks. Many talented/skilled people left Accenture. Most of the Accenture teams on site are technically weak."

"Excellent company to work for. Great people and excellent clients."

What do you like about working at Accenture?

"The people. Everyone was always open to helping and supporting each other."

What don't you like about working at Accenture?

"Not much. If it wasn't for the layoffs I would love to have continued to work here."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Company get togethers."