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Sorry for your misfortune.
Exactly what I’d expect from someone at Deloitte.
OP, I’m an L2 MD at Accenture. If you’d like to connect, I’d be happy to help you here. Feel free to DM.
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We call this a career limiting move
I have seen a lot of B4 hires come in and think that they automatically command respect and that they are just here to delegate their responsibilities. You’re not. Show people what you bring to the table: client relationships, deep skills, etc. Also, no matter what anyone tells you your role is, you are here to sell and deliver. If you don’t meet your metrics, you won’t last. Make sure you find someone willing to shepherd you and help you make your numbers, but hopefully you did that before you accepted an offer.
Spent the first half of my career (17 years) at Accenture and the second half (17 more) at Deloitte. Despite what you may hear, both are very strong firms but they do operate quite differently. My advice is this… Accenture is taking a bet on you to add senior leadership without growing it internally. This usually costs more but if the individual performs can be well worth it. The perception of performance revolves around network and numbers. Don’t live your first year at Accenture as if you were just doing the same thing you did in your previous position - instead, put in 200% this year, use the extra time to build your network in any way possible and crush your metrics. I am not a self promoter but when you make a move like this, you have to make yourself be one. Make sure the right people know how you are adding to the practice. Done right, this will give you a glide path for the years ahead by eliminating any question around if Accenture made the right decision in hiring you. Good luck!!
It will be a smooth transition if your role is that of a line partner - at least for the first year. If you got hired into a leadership role - it's a pressure cooker when you work in a public company that is hard wired for predictable quarterly performance. ACN is a great company - good luck OP.
I’m Accenture homegrown and have seen our big4 partner and mbb partner intakes thrive. You’ll do great! I imagine it’s the usual shenanigans but much more by the book given it’s a public company. Whole popularity contests still exist to a large degree, corporate governance, policy and procedure exist to protect one from getting absolutely bent over without recourse.
I hear collaboration and 1 global network is a big perk for these folks!
Just make sure you hit your chargeability and sales metrics ASAP… the rest will be fine…
Hopefully you are going in as an l2 or l1
I left as an L3 but for those that can from the outside as direct admits the wash our rate before the vest in the cliff grant they gave you was 84%
L2 or L3?
IBM1, MD2 have good advice. Happy to help you navigate feel free to DM. I am L3 consulting.
Learn the coding games! You’ll be fine!
Coding games?
How long was your process? I’m still going through it and it’s been almost a year.
I had a personal preference to take time off between roles. If I had wanted, I could have started in August. Would have been around six months from initial discussion to start date.