My Experience as Fresher with Workplace Harassment and Forced Resignation at Accenture
I want to share my experience as a fresher at Accenture, my first company from a college placement. The first six months were fine, but then I faced severe mental harassment from my supervisor and manager. She constantly criticized my work and gave negative feedback, causing me immense stress. I often skipped meals and worked weekends to improve, but nothing helped. Despite reporting the issue and requesting a supervisor change or a different track, my requests were ignored. The harassment worsened, affecting my physical health, and I couldn't eat or sleep properly. My manager controlled trivial aspects like where to sit and whom to talk to, making the situation unbearable. I was even forced to switch from a developer role to a tester, despite being trained as a developer. The final straw was being placed on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) without a clear reason, with the same harassing individuals assessing me. I only had 1.9 years of experience then. I reported the mental harassment to HR and resigned due to deteriorating health, panic attacks, and weight loss. Despite having no other job offer, I couldn't continue. Even during my notice period, I was forced to complete PIP assignments, which led to suicidal thoughts and further health issues. Now, I am jobless, feeling helpless and frustrated. With less than 2 of experience, I struggle to find offers in a down IT market and don't know what to do next.
+1 do this women is tech is already shit hired due to diversity and they think like queen of tech. I find these incompetent people shit.
Although I have in my 7years experience only found 5-6 good she pronoun developers rest are diversity hired
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Contrary to other posts here DO NOT share on LinkedIn. You need to recover from the trauma you endured and the best way to go forward is to forget the last. Sounds cliched but it’s more healing than people care to admit.
Revenge fantasies on the manager sound good right now but in the long term it won’t matter.
Take care of your health and mental wellness. Go home if possible. Take some time off and relax. Prepare for your interviews and the good folks here will help you land on your feet.
Share your profile and I will see if any one is hiring in my network.
Cheers
EvilCemetery
Stealth
4 months ago
That's what I was wondering too. Not a good suggestion to post this on linkedin and tag manager and company.
Better to take time and heal for sometime and evaluate what you want to do next interms of your career.
Imnewhere
Stealth
4 months ago
pussy shit like that is why such behaviour goes unchecked for decades are reeps it's way in the indian work culture
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Dude I am so sorry you had to go through this 🙁 I know this might sound bullshit, but I promise life gets better. It always does. And karma is real. Mental health is not a joke and it’s sad that majority of the people are suffering from deteriorating mental health due to toxic workplaces. I hope you find peace. I really do.
Aaah some female women in tech think they know everything. Had 3 such managers back to back, the only luck they had was they were born like 30 years ago and are now in US or in higher position. And this agenda of diversity maaan who the fuck came up with this concept. Morons across the leadership positions in the name of diversity.
Name the manager. Don't be scared naming these shitty people. As you have already resigned, your manager can't do any harm to you. If you just name the manager, he/she will be publicly humiliated for his/her acrions. Rest for sure, the humiliation will be unbearable for that person too and forced to resign from Accenture.
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People openly saying post it on linkden is not something I would say is the right thing to do...it may look bad for your next job,maybe glass door? Also there must be others like you...
Ladybug
Stealth
4 months ago
Totally agree, posting in LinkedIn may affect your future career. Better to post anonymously in Glassdoor or Google reviews
SaneVintner5
Student
4 months ago
Not in this case. Also, *LinkedIn
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BiryaniEnthu
Stealth
4 months ago
My two cents, DO NOT post on LinkedIn (or any where). The people suggesting in other comments just want gossip
You are without a job at the moment, and hiring managers/recruiters may stay away if you share previous company shaming posts.
Focus on getting hired.
Sad state of hiring, discussing mental health in interviews is still not seen in good light
I am so sorry that you are going through this. Everyone lets guide this person to find a good job. I have been through the same which you are going through right now and i know how bad it feels but trust me future beholds something great for you. Please start preparing for your interviews. Start with any dsa and system design course which is available on youtube. And start practicing leetcode everyday. Please dont waste your time. Apply to atleast 15 jobs everyday on linkedin, naukari or indeed, instahyre. Youll start getting calls soon. Just be prepared
Yonro
Stealth
4 months ago
@GoldenApron Hi bro,
I can feel your pain. Corporates do this shit when they don't want to lay off people officially. They harass people, put them on PIP so that they resign by themselves because if corporates are officially laying off someone, they need to pay severance which they don't wanna pay. Not just this, when they don't want to pay for proper appraisals, they gaslight us to believe that our performance is poor. Even I felt horrible when this happened in my first job. With time I have stopped taking their feedbacks seriously. Those are BS.
That was really toxic what you were going through, they were micromanaging you. I'm glad you left that place and got rid of that manager or rather micromanager.
If you look it, it was good riddance. I urge to spend your time to apply to other companies and demand for the salary you deserve. Maybe there's something way better ahead of you. Wishing you all the best!
Yonro
Stealth
4 months ago
@GoldenApron sharing this video so that you know that it's not your fault but corporates are evil to gaslight innocent people: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7cDmaBs5Is/?igsh=MThxYmUxbDF6d2Rocg==
Yonro
Stealth
4 months ago
@GoldenApron I really pray that you have enough strength to come out of this situation, realise your true worth and do really well in life. It's a hard situation but you'll slowly learn how corporates work and you'll learn how to get your way through it and not let it effect you because honestly it's not your performance, they just don't want to spend money anymore.
D0nkey05
Stealth
4 months ago
Simply write a letter to the labour commissioner, cc to hr and your manager and see how the tables turn. The more proof you attach the better. Anything, even chats can count as evidence for harassment. And if you have even a decent enough case, the company will be FORCED TO take action against her. Do not let this slide. Not reporting this behaviour will only promote it and there will be many victims
Same happened with me in Accenture. Almost 16-18 hours of shift during COVID. No weekend no holiday for almost 1 year. During hike 1st year she said you are extenal hire, second year she said we do not have budget and third year she said you not performed well. So I resigned on same without having offer. But I was lucky and got job during last days of my notice period.
I hope something good should happen to you 🙏
BTW keep in mind Accenture is only for boot lickers not for genuine resources unless your manager is worthy.
I had similar experience, its been 8 months since I left my job. Not getting any calls, I have 1.4 YOE
Accenture hire lot of people it's a mass hirer, coding and it industry is not for everyone people join it companies only seeing money but they don't see other side coin which is anxiety, depression, work pressure etc
My advice to every fresher is that if you can't handle the above three things and you don't have interest in tech or coding then don't join it companies. One way or another you will be harassment if you are not able to complete the assignments properly.
Since you only spent 2 years in it you still have age of you think it is not for u then pursue some other carrier options like cds, government job, bank po or any other profession which you think you are good at.
a_normal_boy
Stealth
4 months ago
All lady managers are not that bad. You can dm me I will try referring you in my company.
A few years ago Accenture was the best place to work.Now a day I see a lot of bad things happening.I am at associate manager level now.I got a new manager recently and he is the worst character I have seen so far.I don't want to describe him as he is not even worth it.I raised exit request because of him now.Seems like Accenture management is handled by some bad people now.And to all the managers at level 7.Where the fuck are you guys going daily.Always in out of office or offline mode.
shutthetechup
Stealth
4 months ago
I understand your situation. I faced a similar thing while working at a startup where I worked right after college for 11 months.
Rest apart, you made the right decision. Mental health over any toxic place and people. You will make a hell lot of money and will be much better than today but mental health should be the priority right now.
It's okay that you resigned. It's time ime to get back the things you learnt during the period, reach out to people you know and start applying again. Don't lose hope there are a lot of nice places which will respect you and your work, so just be patient.
And it's like a bad breakup when you have to leave jobs like this.. what do you do after a breakup? Hit the gym and come back fkin stronger. Good luck.
I would strictly advise against posting anything on LinkedIn. I am surprised at inaction on part of HR but would still advise against going public with someone's name. A BGV check also includes checking what you post on professional networking sites so male sure to look for another option and work on your skillset.
Feeling bad that you have to go through all this instead relax a while..try to apply and upskill for a while as some suggested it's better to review in Glassdoor instead of linkdein.
Glad you took the courage.. to leave
Sooner than later .
Remember every end is the start to a new beginning
Dont worry you will soon get an offer
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