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      3.7

      70% would recommend to a friend

      (83,949 total reviews)
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      Janet Truncale

      79% approve of CEO

      60% positive business outlook

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      EY has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 83,949 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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      2.0
      Oct 12, 2013

      Overly political, focus is on how well you cozy up to sr. management, not on the work itself

      Senior consultant
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      Pros

      Some flexibility depending on the engagement. Training and workshops are decent. Some managers can be good to work with.

      Cons

      Some managers/senior managers are only interested in protecting their own interests and will look for scapegoats among their junior staff. There are no upstream reviews - so you can't review bad managers. This doesn't help to solve inefficiencies at higher levels and can be very demoralizing. Projects are budgeted too optimistically and are organized badly. To remain within budget, junior staff are asked to claim fewer hours on their timesheets. I've worked 60 hours and have been asked to claim 40 hours to make a project look more profitable than it actually was. Being required to travel at a moment's notice. In general, I felt like I wasn't listened to by senior management. I felt like my contributions weren't acknowledged and because I wasn't outgoing and good at schmoozing with my managers, it was easy to marginalize them. Despite talk of career development, if you don't fit their cookie cutter image of a consultant, you won't progress/succeed. Compensation is much lower than compensation at similar levels/companies. I've interviewed for jobs where the offer was 25-45% of my salary at EY and I will be taking one of those offers next month.

      5.0
      Apr 6, 2013

      I was an Associate Director in the Global IT department.

      Associate director
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      Pros

      I spent 22 years at E&Y and for the most part it was a great experience. Benefits are excellent. I was fairly compensated and advanced throughout my career based my own merit and accomplishments. There is a defined benefit retirement plan, (which is getting very rare in private business) plus 401(k) with match that are very valuable and the basis of a comfortable retirement that I now enjoy. E&Y had very flexible work arrangements, good vacation policies (3 weeks to start), excellent equal opportunities for women, LGBT and all people. I spend many happy and productive years there and am grateful for the experience and proud of my own success and achievements there.

      Cons

      Business is business. It is a grave mistake to assume that any large business in any difficult financial environment is concerned about the individual employee, but there still may be policies that are beneficial to all employees and that was very true for E&Y. Financial hard times bring swift cost cutting and reductions in staff. Out large global IT department was significantly reduced in the recession in 2009 and many people were laid off, including very senior people, Directors, Associate Directors, many long term employees and older workers, several categories that I fit into and I was also laid off after 20+ years at over 60 years old with very slim prospects for future employment. That, however, was not specific to E&Y. I am realistic about it and because of their good retirement benefits and my own planning for retirement, I was able to truly retire, which for younger people with young families was not the cast. My advice to everyone: be serious and SAVE FOR RETIREMENT!

      1.0
      Nov 6, 2012

      Expect work life balance...with most of the balance being working for your life!

      Advisory senior manager
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      Pros

      Lots of resources and help, but only if you are "on the right track" and are liked and one of the "club". This "club" has nothing to do with rank, looks, gender or race, it is all about selling your soul. You sell it, you're in the club.

      Cons

      See "Pros" above, but basically you need to expect to put in 15+ good years just to get the "opportunity" to discuss becoming a partner/principal. Seems nice, but the price is very high.

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