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TALENT

Our people help us deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity

Talent is one of our most important areas of competitive differentiation.

We access, create and unlock people's potential and help them achieve their professional and personal aspirations.

$1.1 billion

invested in continuous learning 
and professional development

~40 million

training hours

World’s Best Workplaces™

#10 on the World’s Best Workplaces™ by Great Place to Work® and Fortune

Our talent strategy

Our strategy is based on three pillars—how we access talent, create talent and unlock people's potential.

Unlocking people's potential

We help drive positive change by unlocking people's potential with our clients and in our communities.

Net Better Off

We strive to help our people feel Net Better Off so they feel they are:

  • Healthy and well—physically, emotionally and financially
  • Connected, with a strong sense of trust and belonging
  • Their work has purpose and makes a meaningful difference
  • They have market-relevant skills that lead to vibrant careers

Growing vibrant careers

Building vibrant careers

Our vibrant career paths are flexible by design, so our people are encouraged to develop their skills, bring new ideas, suggest creative solutions and lend their bold, authentic voices to their work.

~123,000

people promoted in fiscal 2023

Aspiration-led staffing

Our Advanced Technology Centers in India use an aspiration-led approach to staffing, effectively balancing client demand with our people’s aspirations. This initiative aims to drive greater retention, improve pyramid efficiency and lower recruiting costs.

44,000

of our people with access to the aspiration-led staffing in India have defined their aspirations

Recognition moments

Throughout the year, we recognize our people for who they are, what makes them unique and the valuable contributions they make through their work. We offer a social tool that our people can use to recognize and express gratitude to their colleagues.

7

recognition moments every minute, on average, were enabled in fiscal 2023

Total Rewards

Our Total Rewards program consists of cash compensation, equity and benefits, and is tailored to the market where our people work and live. Certain rewards, like equity and bonuses, are opportunities for our people to share in the overall success of our company.

Equal pay for equal work

Pay equity at Accenture means our people receive pay that is fair and consistent when considering similarity of work, location and tenure at career level. We conduct an annual pay equity review; as of our last review, which reflected pay changes effective December 1, 2023:

We had dollar-for-dollar, 100% pay equity for women compared to men in every country where we operate.*

By race and ethnicity, we had dollar-for-dollar, 100% pay equity in the U.S., the U.K. and South Africa, which are the locations where we currently have the data available to use for this purpose.

*Certain subsidiaries and recent acquisitions, countries with de minimis headcount, temporary employees and interns were excluded from the analysis.

Well-being

Making well-being a priority

We provide our people and their dependents with a comprehensive range of health benefits, from medical, dental and drug coverage to supplemental programs tailored to individual countries.

Across Accenture, our people have access to employee assistance programs, public health systems, company-sponsored health programs and mental health and wellness programs, where relevant.

Workplace health and safety

We have received ISO® 45001 certification—a globally recognized standard for occupational health and safety—in countries including Australia, Brazil, India, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. Our goal is to bring all our countries to a baseline standard equal to ISO® 45001.

We enhanced our Global Health and Safety program with new training and tools, building on our global governance model. Our Global Assistance and Protection (GAP) team continues to provide crisis management, security advice and assistance to our people. The GAP team maintains a 24/7 Global Watch program to assist our people with security risks, health advice and security alerts covering where they live, work and travel.

Emotional, mental and financial well-being

We strive to create an environment and provide the tools, programs and practices for the emotional health and well-being of our people.

The Accenture Well-being Hub provides all our people with a single online source for our global emotional health and well-being offerings.

In fiscal 2023, we enhanced the Accenture Well-being Hub with new resources to equip our people to make informed personal financial decisions that will fuel their financial security and resilience.

Foundational benefits

We are on a journey to be a leader in offering a unique set of foundational benefits to all our people, regardless of where they live and work, so they can be their best selves—professionally and personally—and achieve their aspirations.

Our goal is to provide the following level of minimum benefits globally, where legally allowed or available in the market.*

Telehealth services

We offer telehealth services to ~98% of our people—including virtual access to non-emergency medical services for common ailments.

Preventative health care

We offer ~85% of our people a range of preventative health care services—such as exams and immunizations—through Accenture-sponsored plans or government-provided plans.

Vacation

We offer all our people a minimum of 15 days of paid vacation, inclusive of vacation entitlements, non-statutory holidays and additional paid time off.

Maternity leave

We aim to provide a minimum of 16 weeks of paid maternity leave or the equivalent paid time away to all birth parents, inclusive of dual parental benefits and social subsidies, where available. This benefit is offered to approximately 97% of our people.

LGBTIQ+ medical plans

Equal access to medical plans for same-sex partners and/or recognized domestic partners is offered to 100% of our people where currently provided to spouses.

 

Coverage for transgender-inclusive health care benefits is accessible to 99% of our people through Accenture-sponsored medical plans or government-provided plans.

Bereavement leave

To give all our people time to grieve, we provide paid bereavement for the loss of a family member, specific to each country’s local norms.

 

We strive to provide a minimum of four weeks of paid leave to our people who experience the loss of a spouse or a partner, or child(ren), including a stillbirth. This benefit is offered to ~80% of our people, inclusive of statutory requirements and parental leaves.

We are also working to reduce the stigma around miscarriage with paid bereavement leave that goes above local market standards.

*Excludes Avanade, a joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft; Accenture Federal Services; and recent acquisitions.

The information provided on this site reflects our goals, progress and performance across our global operations during fiscal 2023 
(ended August 31, 2023), unless otherwise noted.