Accenture Manila cuts hundreds of jobs

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Hi All,

Its true because not only bench people are terminated but also regular employees with high level positions from SE to Manger positions. At for Lucien they are just saying its due to redundancy program but if you look in any angle its still termination. Just like you said removing the ones that you dont need you just revised the phrase.

@Trixie – actually yung boot camp ang isa sa ginagamit nila “pangsala” ng mga empleyado. karamihan ng natanggal last year dahil sa boot camp. ngayon yung “redundancy” naman.

Ako ay from accenture, Just want to share this to all of you and sana sa lalong madaling panahon maimbestigate na to kasi nakakaTRAUMA talaga lalu na pag waiting ka sa bench parang may taning na buhay mo naghihintay ka nalang oras mo specially kapag bench ka, 6 days na di parin makatulog yun lagi naiisip mo pati family mo naaapektuhan na, redundancy program lagi nasa isip saka “Only a few are still scheduled for notification in the SUCCEEDUNG DAYS….”… (3% – 10% is only a few yun ba nasa isip nila 3% ng total population ng accenture is only a few ok na sana pero kung ang 5 years old mong anak bigyan mo ng 3% ng 16000 pesos mo pambili ng lolipop at uubusin niya ng 1 day is only a few ba yun) and may plan sila na magLayoff pa ng 4000-5000 employees for about 20%-25% ng total population nila hanggang mid year a top secret na usap usapan nila. tactics nila is unti-unti para hindi halata marami silang palusot and panakip butas “NAGHIHIRE PA DAW SILA NGAUN” matagal na kaya nilang strategy na magrecycle ng employees pagmarami ng bench… tanong bakit ngaun “REDUNDANCY PROGRAM” na dahilan nila… sana magsalita na mga head master ng accenture dito kasi “NAKAKATRAUMA TALAGA”

To Ms Concern: I’m not from Accenture but I know a few people from that company. Even if they are assigned to projects they also feel threatened by the redundancy program. People on the bench, like you, probably feel very much worse. But I hope you don’t give in to unofficial news that you hear or else magpapanic ka talaga. Accenture still has projects so I cannot see them letting go of 25% of the workforce. They also left maybe one thousand people on the bench when they could have gotten rid of the entire bench. At the moment ‘yan ang tingin ko ha.

But, if ever totoo ang balita, try looking for other jobs now. That’s the smartest thing you can do. It will also make you feel better that you are also doing something instead of just waiting to be served your papers.

Isipin niyo na rin siguro that this company is not just a black box labelled Accenture it is a company made up of and run by people. These are difficult decisions that the leadership made. The company is trying to survive. I am sure that as much as possible ayaw nila gawin ang redundancy program na ‘yan but they did because they had to.

I hope things get better for the company for everyone’s sake. But hang in there.

(And by “only few are still scheduled for notification” I think they meant out of the 500 there are still a few they had not formally spoken to. Malamang ‘yung iba na hindi pumasok that day.)

Just to update- Accenutre India is continuously doing lay-offs at Bangalore,Hyderabad and Mumbai centers.Primary reason being lack of project and shutting down of few projects due to serious quality issues.
Unfortunate but true.
Regards
Rajesh

I have friends, classmates and previous colleagues whom are with ACN and these development has been closely monitored by our group. Let’s try to understand ACN. The company is trying to survive.

There are some companies that are not yet affected or if they are, the current crisis have a minimal impact to their business.

As an IT recruiter, news such as this will create a big impact to the local IT industry. I am still happy to say that my current employer/company is not affected since our IT is an internal offshore team. But aside from us, you can try checking opportunities to companies based in Australia, New Zealand and also in Canada. Most of the companies there are not directkly affected by the current situation.

Maybe instead of sourgraping and posting our sentiments to our employers, why not help and inform your friends that there are other opportunities available.

You can ask help from head hunters, executive search firms and even to your previous colleagues to find a new job.

On my end, I have opportuities for tenured J2EE devs and Unix admins from ACN. Just email your inquiries to webteam.ma****@****.*** in case you’re interested.

that’s really a bad news. same thing happened to me…i was laid off by another american it(it means pest) company. they recruited me because i am have very good skills in programming only to find out that they wnt to use my blog about business intelligence in order for them to win clients. they even scheduled me to a meeting with their BI expert who went to the country from new York just for the meeting…but I turned it down, and after that incidence my relationship with the company was soured and eventually got laid off…i think these american it(it means pest) companies should go homes! yankee(pest) go home!

I’m one of those who have been affected by the so-called “redundancy program”. I have been with ACN Solutions (or IT, correction to those who said that the affected department was BPO or contact center) for almost 5 years and have only spent 3 days in bench. You wouldn’t imagine the stress and anxiety that we all faced when we all reported to Makati office the next day after we were informed that we will be having a one-on-one meeting with people we don’t know. The HR hadn’t been helpful as well as no further information was divulged, except for the venue and time. We all faced the unknown that day. Redundancy program is their way of sugar-coating the real issue here… that ACN is being affected by the world-wide financial crisis. I felt terrible for the bread-winners who lost their jobs. However, I do understand that ACN had to let go of excess baggages for them to keep afloat. On a lighter note, I believe that we, who have been laid off, will be able to find a new (and better) job as I know the skills, potentials, and capabilities that we all have. For those who have not been affected by this crisis, you have something to be thankful for. If you know of anyone who has been laid off, believe me, he/she needs the support now more than you can think of…

Hmmmmm

Sad news, reason really was stated already, even if di sinasabi ng Accenture: Client backouts. Alam naman natin lahat global financial crisis. And this crisis, di naman lahat inasahan. Di lang naman accenture diba? madami rin.. It was just sad having this things. And yung layoff, ganun po talaga ang mag layoff. alangan na sabihan ka a week before. Kung ikaw employer at nalaman mo na tatangalin ka na? ano gagawin mo? Iba’t iba ang klase ng tao and if they are not satisfied or kung nakaka tanggal ng gana ang sitwasyon di mo alam ang pwede niya gawin. So they did the right way, to protect the others. Sana maintindihan nyo un.

And mind to share, who knows, this year, bumawi ang pilipinas sa mga losses na yan? Why? Try searching Satyam

SMS?! thats harsh!

im currently working at accenture… nakakatrauma talaga yung balita na yan… lalo na para sa amin na kahit may project eh na hired naman thru agency lang meaning hindi kami direct hire ng accenture and anytime pwede kaming alisin… buti na lang kahit papano maayos lagay ng project namin… pero syempre nakakatakot pa rin kasi kung dati every 3 months ang renewal ng kontrata namin ngayon naging 1 month na lang… natatakot kami na baka isang araw palitan na lang kami ng mga naka bench…

wala nman nasagot sakin d2 eh hayyy

This is very traumatic. Most/All employees are afraid na ma approach ng HR para lng sabihin na di na sila makakapasok the next day. We all know that business is business pero sana naisip nila na i freeze nalng yung salary instead of laying off employees na d naman deserving ma lay off. Kawawa naman ung mga nagtagal na and who have contributed a lot to the company.

Naawa naman ako sa mga na lay off na walang matinding reason. Lalo na sa hnde malakas sa management or should I say biased managers/leads. This is happening in real situation.

My only concern is that never say bad things to others lalo na makakasama sa career nila. Just be FAIR enough in commenting your employees to HR or sa sumasala ng employees to be terminated. DON’T BE BIAS.

Over the holidays, they have overworked a lot of employees so they can bill clients bigger and compensate for bench employees. So, you can’t blame them for terminating bench employees. Either way, its still BAD MANAGEMENT.

They should also terminate decision makers who made the wrong choice of mass hiring last year. The global crisis started late 2007 and all forecasts reveal that recession is ahead. They should have seen this coming!

So now, they wasted money for compensating bench employees, and on severance pay for laid off employees. Ughh! What a waste!

WOW! this is scary! Yung friend ko pa nman tinawagan sya ng accenture yesterday for the “Project Management Proffesional” post… I wonder if this postn is affected with the problem? any ideas guys para I can give feedback to my friend? TIA!

I am one of the Redundant 500 and naka move on na ako from that horrible experience, after a month long of job hunting, I finally got one. The seminar of DBM did not really help as well as the Job Fair Accenture provided (the participants are all search firms).

This is the first time na na lay-off ako and it really hurts me but I am thankful pa rin because in my 3 months stint in Accenture, I learned a lot.

So sana mag move on yung hindi pa nag move on. Concentrate on looking for another job or mag business na lang.

Hay…what do you expect? shempre, management will try to defend the company, Shempre! So, redundancy, or layoffs, pareho lang un sa nawalan ng trabaho!

Share ko lang experience ko, I’m one of those 1st 500. Almost 5 yrs nako sa ACN. Now lang ako na-bench, for almost 5 years, work like a horse ako sa company then bench ako for 1 month then ayun, kasama nako sa naaalis.

Think about it, shempre as for me, masama loob ko. Kasi for almost 5 years, nakinabang sakin ang company, to think, diamond client ang project ko(meaning one of the projects na malaki ang kinikita ng company). Then kakabench ko pa lang, tanggal nako? para bang, kung iisipin mo, hindi ka na kailangan sa ngayon kaya tanggal ka na. Anyway, madami pang pwedeng ipalit sayo na mga bago, fresh legs, mas mababa ang cost. Ayun! I’m sure naman hindi pa lugi, as in, walang ng pera ang accenture para tanggalin ang isang empleyado na breadwinner at matagal nyong pinakinabangan. Kung talagang people company ang accenture sana inisip nila na itong tao na to, pwede pang hindi alisin kasi malaki ang naging contribution at baka pwedeng ihanap ng ibang project. Kaso hindi e, basta wala ka ng pakinabang sa ngayon, ayun ang importante sa kanila. Ayaw nila ng maliit lang na kita, kaya mas maiging alisin ka nila at ipalit ang mas maliit na sweldo para mas malaki ang kita. Greedy ika nga. Hindi marunong magsakripisyo para sa mga tao nya kahit madaming sinakripisyo ang taong yun para sa kanila!

Nasira ang pagkakakilala ko sa kumpanyang yan.

Fortunately, I was able to explore other opportunities, kasi nung nasa ACN ako, umikot lang sa ACN mundo ko, kala ko sa ACN nako tatanda. hahahaha. Pero pag lumabas ka pala ng ACN, mare realize mo na may iba pa palang mundo outside ACN. luckily, na hire ako and mind you, double ang salary ko sa present job ko. TL ako noon sa ACN.

Period!