I had a weird experience interviewing with Accenture's federal practice in that they still expected managers to commit to 100% travel availability. Not sure if that has changed, but it wasn't something I was interested in having inked into my terms of employment and then just hoping the company never acted on it.

From what I've heard from friends/former colleagues, Deloitte is very 'perform or you're out.' Some people thrive on that, others hate it. It's such a large company, though, that most people I know have managed to string together jobs/roles successfully over time.

You are going to have sales quotas/pressures with both from what I have heard it's much tougher/stricter to make them at Deloitte

Deloitte also has more of a kool aid culture thing

Accenture is more of an IT company and Deloitte is more of a strategy consultant company though in the federal practice the lines are much more blurred, most of the big federal gigs revolve around some aspect of IT

I think of Deloitte as being more Management Consulting and Accenture being more of a system integrator.

Deloitte

I’ve not worked in federal consulting but outside of federal, Deloitte would be considered the more prestigious choice.

I have no insight into government contracting at all, but based on my experiences in other fields of practices, e.g., due diligence, corporate intelligence, management consulting, litigation, international trade, Deloitte is just one tier above Accenture no matter what regardless of practice. However, as you mentioned, the challenges for an employee at Deloitte is the same for any of the Big4 when compared to lower tier firms such as Accenture.

Anonymous wrote:I've been offered Senior Manager jobs at both. Pay is equal (and very competitive). Both roles sound very interesting, though at Deloitte it is a bit more regimented, AFS seems like more room for me to create my own space. My interviewing experiences with both companies was very positive, so I am having a hard time making a decision.

Anyone have a way to compare the cultures? The people? Long term career growth? I'm in management consulting.

Thanks in advance for any perspectives.

What salary?

Anonymous wrote:Toss any personal interests you have or desire for evening and weekend time out the window if you work for Deloitte. You will be married to The Firm.

Same for Accenture federal... my friend works like 9 - 7 then takes a break and works from like 9 - after midnight, or so she claims. she is extremely stressed and on edge all the time so I believe it.

Both sucks in different ways,

Toss any personal interests you have or desire for evening and weekend time out the window if you work for Deloitte. You will be married to The Firm.

So from the responses, I’d suggest a coin toss.

Deloitte hands down.

You’ll work many more hours at Deloitte. The cultures are vastly different. But they will continue to compensate you well.

I work with both Deloitte and Accenture ay my agency and Deloitte is by far superior. Actually the Accenture team is terrible.

I've been offered Senior Manager jobs at both. Pay is equal (and very competitive). Both roles sound very interesting, though at Deloitte it is a bit more regimented, AFS seems like more room for me to create my own space. My interviewing experiences with both companies was very positive, so I am having a hard time making a decision.

Anyone have a way to compare the cultures? The people? Long term career growth? I'm in management consulting.

Thanks in advance for any perspectives.