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A small word of advice. If you are a consultant and the company currently contracting you hires some folks from Accenture to help with a project, assume your l
by protomyth 5y ago
A small word of advice. If you are a consultant and the company currently contracting you hires some folks from Accenture to help with a project, assume your life is going to be hell. Accenture is not a team player and is out to get all the business. You are just another pot of money that they need to add to their hoard.
- temp5565_65 5y agoEx-Accenture dev here. The problem with Accenture teams back when I still worked there was that they had no middle ground with regards to team quality - you either got a team 50% made up of people that could (metaphorically) kill a dragon bare-handed, or you got a team that couldn't code their way out of a wet paper bag. They will either be a help, or a hindrance.
- protomyth 5y agoThat's fairly typical for large staffing companies. The problem with Accenture was how aggressively they went after other consultants. You really needed to watch your back because they actively tried to make the rest of us look bad. I saw it a couple of times and had friends who experienced the same thing. Its best to make sure every damn communication is documented with them in the mix. It surely wasn't everyone, but enough of their onsite people pulled stunts that I am very wary of them.
- temp5565_65 5y ago> Its best to make sure every damn communication is documented with them in the mix. It surely wasn't everyone, but enough of their onsite people pulled stunts that I am very wary of them. I agree. Keeping a meticulous paper trail is the only defense against getting an incompetent team installed on your project.