EY reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(84,004 total reviews)
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79% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

EY has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 84,004 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The EY employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Mar 23, 2017

It's not for everyone

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Pros

If you find the right team and a good mentor, you'll be fine. There is opportunity for technical training if you really want it. You'll get your next job on the name of this company alone. You get thrown into supervisory roles pretty quickly. Even if it's not meaningful, it's fairly good experience. If you are on top of things and are in the right group, there is flexibility in hours and the ability to work from home. You don't have to not see your family for 6 months out of the year if you are organized and professional.

Cons

Disclaimer: Most of this is office-specific. The coffee is bad. Tea selection was OK. Teamwork is almost non-existent. It's more just groups of people doing related work. There's no sense of "we're in this together" outside of we're all "going through this [ordeal] together". The way the work and rating process is structured, it's not to your benefit to care about your clients or anyone other than yourself. I felt encouraged to leave my staff behind to work late. This made me like an jerk and I often did work in secret. Superiors can be very terrible at divvying up the work reasonably. Schedulers ignore you. Even when coworkers are willing to share some of their inhumane workload, there is a lot of admin/bureaucracy/obstinate engagement managers that stand in the way of adding new people to the team. Rarely is interesting or technical work given to staff/seniors. Management has little to no interest in using employees in ways that maximize their strengths, preferring to enforce identical roles/job functions across the board.

3.0
Mar 13, 2017
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Pros

Great learning experiences and work with some really bright and talented people. Excellent for younger people who want to experience working in large organizations and working with very disparate teams. Great benefits and company does attempt work life balance. Travel can be great if you like that and end up on the right assignment.

Cons

Very political environment with partners who wield their power with their major concern is the bottom line. Some partners will run you into the ground and can be a bit ruthless. The company bonuses are horrible unless you are at the Partner/Executive level. Bonuses of under 2 percent on the low end and 8 percent on the high end are the norm. Expenses are monitored at a very high level and utilization is the primary driver even for senior managers.

5.0
Mar 12, 2017

Technology Advisory

Anonymous employee
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Pros

They are supportive of career goals and building and developing yourself. You work with many international people who have a global perspective and are very intelligent. EY partners are some of the most brilliant I have ever met and are open to meeting people of all different ranks. People are open to having you join their teams which helps you try new things and figure out exactly what you want. Consulting keeps you on your A-game in terms of preparing for interviews and keeping your resume up to date since you have to internally find a new project every few months so you can continue to grow and see different parts of the firm.

Cons

Clients can shape your experience at the firm which can distort EY's image since you're at the client 24/7. Working with internal resources can be disappointing such as experience management who are responsible for assigning you onto your projects and can influence overall ratings. Compensation is a little below average for industry.

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