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Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Accenture for 4 years
February 23, 2013
Bengaluru, Karnataka
3.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Big global names are clients. Good work-life balance mostly. Job security is there since they have a lot of projects and finally, they place you in case you come to the bench or get rolled off. Being a global presence, there are chances of getting good cross-cultural experience if you get an onshore opportunity.

Cons

Huge resource pool, which means you need to be really good, either potentially or by making your boss/managers happy, to get things going for you.

Get ready to relocate anywhere once you are on the bench. HR will make sure you won't get a penny more than what's in policy, irrespective of the actual expense.

Now a diluted brand name, upper-level and mid-level hires are laterals from Indian MNCs, and they make sure the same trend is followed here as well.

Same story of not a transparent moderation process; ratings will decide your variable pay and hikes and will haunt you for one year.

Advice to Management

Have a transparent appraisal process, not a supervisor-is-god mechanism.

Try to retain talented resources. You can replace somebody in terms of headcount, but not in caliber.

Promote people who deserve it, not only if the demand is in the project or only if the budget permits. There are people with potential who sit at the same grade for years, and some close to the boss get a jump.

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