EY reviews

Most people don't live to work, but the culture here, and at any Big Four, is that you're not likely to ascend the ranks unless work is the center of your life. Look at the number of Senior Managers and Partners with multiple divorces or aren't married at all. Their claim of work-life balance is that they bring their kids to firm events. The firm is the center. People with any sort of desire to have a life outside of work leave within a few years, so all that's left to run the company are, on the whole, the worst type-A automatons imaginable. They're fierce and unforgiving and have little tolerance for even the most inconsequential mistakes. It's an accounting firm, not a military regimen. If your sole purpose in life is to sit in a 5x5 cubicle to find every last cent, yeah it's a fantastic place to work and you'll fit right in. Otherwise, take the 2-3 years of connections and experience and run.

- Work Life balance is the worst I have seen. - Management makes promises that they have no intention to keep - Promotions are more focused on billable hours rather than the quality of work or the contribution to intellectual content of EY - Compensation packages are on the bottom side of industry - Management basically own you and if you are not responding to every beck and call, you are never getting good reviews. - Cutting cost in every possible way to a point where it has started to feel like a body shop rather than a prestigious top 4 consulting firm.