Accenture

US MNC culture. People are polite and do hear your opinion (when they are in a good mood, that is).

Management Consulting at Accenture is great. I've heard good stories about that vertical. Technical Consulting is a usual service organization type.

Projects can be good, bad, or extremely bad, depending on the vertical you are getting into. For instance, if it is Telecommunications, then expect rude bosses, low bonuses, and crappy work; Banking is good but comes with a short shelf life; Healthcare & Insurance are going to be bureaucratic but with OK work.

Good company to travel abroad and around.

Salaries have become competitive lately due to high attrition.

• Very watered-down technical environment. Leadership and upper management are mostly non-techies, so learn to explain your technical problems like you are explaining to a 10-year-old.
• Kiss-up and kick-down culture, especially in lower ranks (below Senior Manager levels).
• As you climb up the corporate ladder, you'd be expected to work less technically and more on sales and RFP (proposal) work.
• Against all odds, if you stay techie and do less RFP work, promotions will be few and far between.
• Manager/boss is everything in Accenture. Keep them impressed.
• Accenture HRs are all-powerful entities. Never. Ever. confront an HR.
• Appraisals, promotions, and moderations are all fixed. Managers target who is going to be promoted and who is not, regardless of your good work. Bonuses, however, depend on your work, but in big accounts, they'll be rationed.
• Middle management in tech, especially in countries like the USA and UK, are mostly South Asians. They have their own code of life and work. Familiarize yourself with those if you need to rise.