EY reviews

Managers will force you to reperform menial tasks for tedious reasons while the company culture encourages you to eat hours to save margins (even though they bill the client for your time at a 90% profit margin anyway); one bad review, deserved or otherwise, will ruin your rating and possibly your job security; culture is very cliquey; don't expect any empathy or assistance from managers if you struggle early on, even if it's due to mental health issues or ADD, they'll just give you a poor review and cost you your job

HUGE difference between working in a non-client serving role vs. client-serving role. The auditors and accountants get all the possible training, benefits, perks and bonuses in order to retain as many as they can. Anyone who is non-client serving is treated simply as a number, with little-to-no - career guidance, no training, little to no respect. Bonuses and raises are given to non-client serving folks on a very limited basis, you have to be a superstar performer and prove your performance throughout the year if you even want to be considered for a decent raise or bonus. Forget about promotions, there is still favoritism in a large firm like this one. You have to know the right people and be on their right side in order to get promoted. Not always based on performance. A lot of "likeability." On another note, I've seen client-serving folks (mainly the auditors) get promoted year after year who receive low-to-average reviews from colleagues in the same area. In final, a lot of us are sending our work to the EY office in India (referred to as GDS) and it is very clear that these jobs are being outsourced for cost cutting purposes. Not a lot of other benefits, mainly just a cost cutting initiative.