Blog Posts
Some upside to $ACN’s downside
Fishbowl is blowing up with MDs who are unhappy with the performance of Accenture’s share price over the last six months. The feeling of lower compensation is real and many are not happy about it. Rightfully so, the share price is down 35% since it peaked at the beginning of the year. Even more painful, […]
Adventure Wealth Gives Back
We all invest in what matters to us: our family, education, financial independence, or whatever drives our unique passions. At Adventure Wealth, we find it important to invest in those driving positive change. It’s why we are proud to be a member of 1% for the Planet. While it’s part of our mission to increase […]
About that MD tax bill
If you’re a managing director at Accenture, you probably sent in a large payment for your federal taxes ahead of yesterday’s deadline. If you’ve been an MD for a few years, you might have expected it, but I’d venture to guess new MDs were quite surprised. In fact, if 2021 was the year you received […]
The Downside of Equity-Based Compensation
Over the decades, many companies have switched at least part of their executive compensation to equity-based through the use of Restricted Share Units (RSUs). You aren’t guaranteed income like you are through a salary, but it gives you a chance to build wealth even faster – if the stock price is going up, of course! […]
Accenture: Work Hard, Play Hard
It was the mantra of Accenture when I started in 2004. A carryover from the Andersen days described the culture of Accenture: we work hard, but we play hard. It was taught from the beginning when long days spent at Analyst training at the Q Center were topped off by even longer nights at Cadillac […]