EY reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(83,941 total reviews)
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60% positive business outlook

EY has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 83,941 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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4.0
Feb 1, 2011

Double Edged sword

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Pros

You can get a very good experience both in the technical aspects of accounting/finance but also in the exposure to the many different types of companies and industries.

Cons

The work can be very tedious at times and some teams idea of life work balance is working from home on a Sunday.

2.0
Jan 29, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

brand if you accept to just do your work, not more not less than asked, and eventually end up stagnating in whatever your specialty is, this is your place. In my experience, EY had a record number of people creating very little value but remaining on teams for years. So if you want to surf for a couple of years on things you already knew before EY, this is a place to be.

Cons

Despite the impressive marketing blah-blah, the firm actually has very little in-depth knowledge in several areas they are covering. In my opinion, there is little chance it improves since the firm values the sales, and not the actual project delivery. It was true in my department and several others, where the top performers left, and salesmen stayed. Don't go there if you want to actually master your field.

3.0
Jan 27, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

1. Inclusive culture 2. Varied and valuable client experience 3. Good people 4. Hard work is appreciated in bigger offices. 5. Transfers to various office locations are easy

Cons

1. Pay and benefits are not commensurate with industry standard 2. Work hours are too long 3. You end up working even on vacation 4. Larger offices are good to work for. 5. Lack of informal 360 feedback 6. Client work is most important. They don't care what people wish to do. No formal career guidance 7. The people first tag line is not true and not evident in the firm's culture 8. Bigger offices are nice to work for but effort is not recognized in smaller offices 9. Some managers can be extremely troublesome and you have no option but to live with it and get work done. 10. Audits get repetitive after some time. There are little opportunities that a firm provides for people in audit to do advisory work. As a result lot of my top performing colleagues left the firm. 11. It is very difficult to move departments. If you start on audit engagements, most likely you will be stuck with it for a long time.

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