Hi, I just joined Accenture today as a strategy analyst. I was wondering if Accenture would buy me a new office chair for home. My current chair is broken.

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I would buy my own chair. This looks bad. Maybe a second monitor but chair? Might as well go to the office if you need working environment.

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There’s a $250 USD stipend for WFH furniture and the like. ask ur hr partner About it

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Is this a one time thing? Need a desk

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Get staffed on a project and get it expensed by client. Accenture doesn’t really sponsor things and just bill everything to clients.

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Not true.

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