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Good variety of work, but a bit soulless and horrible hours

Software Development Team Leader
Current Employee
Has worked at Accenture for 6 years
September 11, 2015
London, England
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

You can learn a lot in a limited amount of time, as you're usually joining a project halfway through. You need to pick up enough on the job as possible to make yourself useful. A good skill to learn!

Cons

On too many projects, a 60-80 hour work-week is entirely normal. This is systematic, and probably an industry-wide problem. I've seen the same happen at IBM.

Advice to Management

Plenty of studies show that longer hours do not equal higher productivity. This hugely saps morale and has a lot to do with why you see so few people about 35 in the company...

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