Accenture has been in talks with VZ for a while now to take over VZW call centers except for the 6 that are covered currently by tax abatements in AL, SC, NC, and IL. VZ will run out the abatements and eventually rebuild overseas. Check the state... — read more 

Laid off mid march and i still haven't been able to find work as a consultant. what is going on out there? Are other big firms hiring? not hiring experienced consultant? Why am i not getting call backs? too many consultants laid off at one time... — read more 

Accenture india operations severe budget cuts . Promotion stops. Bad vibes. Any news what is happening

I have my eye on an internal vacancy advertised on w3. It seems like an excellent fit but at the bottom it says something like "due to blah blah we can only hire from the Cloud (nee middleware) division. Now, I'm actually attached to Tivoli which... — read more 

I was working on proposals for six months, was told I was needed on the proposals and NOT to look for chargeable work, and then I was suddenly told I wasn't chargeable enough and got let go. So do not believe them when they say you should just sit on... — read more 

Seriously, I am on a project and we are having major budget issues - my manager mentioned that I should consider taking PTO to help with the budget. I've been accumulating PTO as I am planning a family thing and I do not want to do this - but she is... — read more 

Layoff's happening if you're on the bench for how long? I am seriously worried now, i have been on the bench since Jan but working on proposals and packages consistently - just not on projects.

Experienced hires are always at risk of layoffs at Accenture because they are not as well networked, get unknowingly taken advantage of by the old guard culture as there are so many things they don't know: Tricks to survive, Crony networks that can... — read more 

my husband got the notice today that he's being laid off. 2 weeks notice. they told him "we over-hired last year". what about my family? we have a child and i make pennies a year at a nonprofit. this is terrible. i feel so despondent.

An interesting read: Since I left Accenture, I have thought a lot about how the operating model has changed the firm. Its hard to argue with success as Accenture weathered the financial crisis well and the stock is hitting new all-time highs. Yet, my... — read more 

Think quite a few will be joining me. The bench is massive. I was only put on two projects the entire time I was there. Spent more time on bench then on projects. It's a shame.

I know some who got two weeks notice today.

I heard you had cuts - are layoffs over?

It started in HR about this time last year and has just started again this week with e-mails starting to fly about veterans at the Sr Manager level in Enterprise being let go with the per usual HR meetings to come. Not a surprise as there has been... — read more 

What are the updates, are we still cutting jobs in India?

I just had lunch with an MD and they said that if you're unstaffed, you're in serious danger of being laid off.

Accenture is laying off, without any news in media, demand is slow. I know someone got laid off with 2 weeks notice.

Digital will bring in about 10 billion dollars in revenue. We have no competition there, we make the market. So much for Accenture layoffs.

I've been thinking of leaving Accenture for what I perceive as greener pastures. Green being a better work life balance and back doing some kind of development work. To explain the situation: I've been on my project with various companies over the... — read more 

Demand for hiring is very low. No new projects; current projects have been halted. No overtime approved, hours cut, hourly rates reduced, lot of folks sitting on the bench. Asking people to take their vacation days now. Senior people asked to leave... — read more 

Many of us will be moved to CD&O: I'm worried my neck is on the chopping block as well. This is just what is going around in the rumor mill, that many of us will be moved to CD&O, no arguing your way out of it. The logic behind it is to move everyone... — read more 

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Accenture in Knoxville, TN is laying off everyone currently involved with their most recent project. The layoffs began today 11/09/2015 at 1pm. It is not expected to rehire any of the layed off employees.

If you are a new Senior Manager, you will be soon swallowed up by internal comments against you from your smiling, superficially friendly peers or other MDs, who will write things about you that you will never ever get a chance to see or rebut. The... — read more 

I heard over 150+ laid off from their Strategy business unit during March - April 2015 time frame. If you were cross vertical, you were chopped, since no one BU owned you. Unfortunate orphans.

It is amazing! They pay for H1B this type of money, but when you are a US Citizen they will not pay you as much. This is supposed to be around. The H1B should only be granted if no US Citizen resources are found, but this is not the case. Very very... — read more 

This is certified by Department of Labor

Amazing growth, amazing... No layoffs yet, even though HP and IBM are imploding and having weekly layoffs. HP announced 30K job cuts today. IBM will axe 50K folks through next year. Accenture keeps hiring and while we have minimal layoffs the payroll... — read more 

I work in the Atlanta Delivery Center. I am a Senior Level Analyst. I was just laid off. There have been many people laid off. More layoffs to come in 2016

Thousands of ppl are being moved from client and market to client delivery and operations. They cut pto and gave a lump sum severance for that and other changes in pay. As the laddering scheme is different between the 2, the many new hires they are... — read more 

I heard they may be layoffs in October 2015. This is for California offices. Is there any truth in this? It would be great if someone could confirm this.

is the hiring announcement real(90000 new hirings planned for this year) or misleading step towards impeding layoff

Does someone know how many managing directors there are at Accenture. I stumbled upon a number (7,500) but it looked fairly high as I'd expect the number to be in a 3,000 to 5,000 range. I'd appreciate if someone can post the info here.

Do you know what operating groups might be affected by layoffs in 2015? I hear that Financial Services is having some issues (this is on the consulting side) but wanted to see if anyone has more detail to share here.

Anyone knows what's severance pay for Managers in Financial Services (US)

I heard that many managing directors departed this year, is this true (I left in 2012 as a Manager)

I just joined as a new Analyst and I'd like to advance and become manager one day. I am not aware of any other employee forum so here is my question on layoff.com - What skills and characteristics you need to have to be a Manager at Accenture?