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Friendly place for political games

Software Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Accenture for 4 years
September 23, 2021
Riga, Latvia
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Really big and friendly community (multi-national company spread across the globe and timezones, different cultures, inclusion & diversity friendly). Opportunity to learn more about trends from the IT world. Get certified (almost) for free. Interesting projects. Flexible WFH conditions. Ideal place for beginners to start their careers or seniors to retire. Terrific initiative to educate non-IT people from other industries (due to Covid). Scaling out business to Lithuania. Social responsibility.

Cons

Ruined work-life balance (thanks to WFH).

Visible gap between doers and management (the former under pressure of work, while the latter too focused on strategy without detailed execution plans and not knowing the domain).

You might be facing not-quite-transparent promotional processes (too many people want it, but only a few will get it; triple efforts are needed to be able to get there; many people around are just thinking to rejoin the company to get a 2x raise with much less effort).

Management is pushing hard to deliver more with less, oftentimes without the real motivation lever available (the reason for politics and manipulation; may end up overcommitted if you cannot say no).

Too many meaningless meetings.

Transfer to other locations is not possible (again, only if you rejoin).

Too much rubbish installed on enterprise laptops, which is not contributing to your overall performance (the feeling is that something is permanently spying on you).

Advice to Management

Swap positions with doers for a week or two.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
3.0
Culture and Values
5.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
4.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
4.0

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