Reply to: Accenture.com

[dropcliffsnotbombs]

http://www.accidenture.com/

[NickFitz]

You don't become a $30bn company if you're no good.

You can become a $266bn company and be rubbish though

[AtW]

Pedant

I suppose accuracy is optional for your chosen career path?

[interested]

How do they do it?

Because you'd be surprised at how poorly some companies are run, hence the need to go to a consultant; or that they consider a business function non-strategic, hence the need to outsource.

You don't become a $30bn company if you're no good.

Yes, I have worked for them.

[DodgyAgent]

Wrong - AFAIK they split out from Arthur Andersen but had to change name and it turned out to be one the best rebranding exercises after AA was done for in Enron case.

Pedant

[AtW]

They went bust, changed the name and are now regarded as the "arse coverers solution"

Wrong - AFAIK they split out from Arthur Andersen but had to change name and it turned out to be one the best rebranding exercises after AA was done for in Enron case.

[TriggerHippy]

These sites actually make use of a highly technical solution....

http://www.andrewdavidson.com/gibberish/

[DodgyAgent]

www.accenture.com

Opportunity isnt always obvious.

They went bust, changed the name and are now regarded as the "arse coverers solution"

[alreadypacked]

If you think Acceture are bad you should see the Atlas Consortium.

Atlast or Alas would be more fitting.

Lucky I don't have SC, our paths may never meet.

[gingerjedi]

If you think Acceture are bad you should see the Atlas Consortium.

Atlast or Alas would be more fitting.

[alreadypacked]

After being caught with your pants down "it's what you do next that counts"

In my experience of Accenture, find someone else to blame.

[Pondlife]

"The road to high performance isn't always paved" although there may still be some trees.

After being caught with your pants down "it's what you do next that counts"

[RichardCranium]

Aside from the obvious Tiger Woods jokes,

Nah. Let's get to it.

"High Performance. Delivered." Straight into a fire hydrant.

[thunderlizard]

Simples

It is generally taken to mean that there are (and always will be) a lot of gullible people in the world.

Thus Wikipedia inadvertantly explains its own continued existence.

[oracleslave]

I think he's just spotted another potential hole to aim for

He certainly appears to be deep in the bush in that pic