Pros
brand name * no real other pros* *they do pay a measely relocation bonus, but not nearly enough* *nickel and dime people on legitimate expenses*
Cons
* long hours, lack of flexibility for people wanting to have a healthy sleeping, eating and excercise schedule * petty, hypocritical, greedy, narcissist and egotistical partners * very poor health care options * lack of specialization and skill development opportunities for junior staff * rewarding of supplicant yes-monkey lackeys full of mediocrity, rampant favoritism * abdication of critical thinking in favor of rubber-stamp, box-checking mentality * not a place where top performers are rewarded based on merit * dificult lateral movement * haphazard and inconsistent mentoring, basically just so taht the mentor can collect his bonus * worthless in-house training sessions done for collecting checkmarks, not learning * too many direct admit partners and partners who do not share original EY culure * race to the bottom, instead of the top,- EY competes with temp-staffing agencies for contracts resulting in massive staff augmentation projects, where the EY staff is loaned to the client to do the work that the client cant do / bc the client fired their own staff * EY should be trying to compete with the likes of Bain in the fields of consulting. instead of Robert Half and Labour Ready * at least in a Temp Agency you get a choice of which city and which company you accept to work at, get paid time and a half overtime, and are not required to do unpaid extracurricular activities *in Uncle Ernie's sweatshop, you could be living in Manhattan, and get staffed in a back-office of some scandal-ridden, troubled bank that you dont' want to have on your resume as a client working in some podunk town in the deep woods of New Jersey...get paid for only 40 hours a week, when you are working 70 hours * MY ADVICE- you're better off taking an entry level compliance analyst job at a big bank or working for a temp agency that staffs big banks with a much better quality of life and work-life balance, less insanity and less backstabbing. you are not going to find many opportunities other than compliance consuting at EY.