Pros
Good brand name and resume builder. Excellent introduction and training in how to communicate and succeed in the corporate workforce. Good standardized training in the management and execution of a project (large or small.) Great opportunities to travel out of town or even out of country. High standard of excellence and success. Hard work is fairly rewarded in terms of promotions and raises. Good benefits package. 5 weeks of paid vacation! If you are proactive, you can choose the course of your career. Generally speaking, Accenture has a methodology and a standard for just about everything, and are on the cutting edge of best practices in every industry they consult in. This is a great place to learn how to complete a project correctly and thoroughly, while working with some of the top businesses in the world.
Cons
In order to succeed at Accenture, you must be willing to put in a lot of hours for a number of years. On many projects there is an unwritten assumption that the company owns your time well beyond the 40 hours a week that they are paying you for. There are two types of people who generally succeed at Accenture. Most are highly task-oriented, type-A personalities who derive job satisfaction from creating a list of objectives, and completing them one by one. Very few people in this industry (and particularly at Accenture) are actually passionate about the subject matter of the work or the client who they do the work for. The second type of succesful person at Accenture is the "salesman" or "saleswoman". This is someone who has worked hard enough to get to a level where they can put together proposals and sell work (senior executive). They are excellent at "schmoozing" the client, and getting work sold. If you are not one of these two types, you should look elsewhere for employment. Finally, Accenture is the ultimate "kiss-ass" or "brown-nose" culture. Upon walking through the front door, you will find yourself surrounded by people who spent the majority of their primary school years sitting in the front row of the class, smiling at the teacher, asking more questions than necessary, and who were always the first to place a shiny red apple on the teacher's desk.