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      3.7

      70% would recommend to a friend

      (83,883 total reviews)
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      Janet Truncale

      79% approve of CEO

      60% positive business outlook

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      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Senior management

      3.3

      Compensation and benefits

      3.0

      Work/Life balance

      EY has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 83,883 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 Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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      84K reviews
      2.0
      Jul 19, 2010

      Unimpressed

      It advisory manager
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      Pros

      The firm is pretty good when it comes to holidays and additional time off, I would also say the pay is OK (though no more than this)

      Cons

      Main problems are the highly political atmosphere and the way staff are appraised. Your output and client satisfaction have very little to do with career progression and it is very much about who you know and are glad-handing (so to speak). Opportunities seem very limited as well so although EY are very good at selling themselves and looking for particular skills during recruitment, they fall down when it comes to actually winning the work. Too many skilled people doing mundane "bums on seats" work and then leaving as a result. It's starting to acquire a rather unpleasant culture of bullying on certain accounts as well. I'm not impressed and won't be here much longer as a result.

      2.0
      Dec 7, 2009

      Politics still at the forefront in Big 4

      Senior manager
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      Pros

      I agree that EY is a great place to "launch" your career (as they so proudly advertise). There are alot of younger people in the same boat as you to network with (ie misery loves company). You get great exposure to many Fortune 500 companies - so you can learn a lot of things in your first 3-5 years at the Firm. Because budgets are so tight, good resources scarce, and deadlines unreasonable - you will also learn how to work very hard and as efficiently as possible. I think Big 4 alumni coming into industry clearly have a leg up in this regard

      Cons

      Where to start....obviously, like any Big 4 - the hours are ridiculous. You may find one or two Senior Managers or Partners that can actually say they have a decent work-life balance, but the majority of all people that work at the Firm do not. You cannot. It seems to be a vicous cycle - many of the "best" people leave the firm to go on to succeed in industry. If you do the math, only a small percentage of people that work in the Firm are Partners - so, if good people leave - the majority of Managers and Senior Managers arent very good. The incompetence at that level is basically what drives the additional hours for those at the lower levels. Those running the engagements know nothing about project management, and often are lax on the subject matter so endless are are a result of poor planning and lots of rework. Additionally, EY (advisory) could care less about quality of work and "people". It is an endless grovelling to try and win and/or expand new work. Success at the firm means absolutely nothing about how much you actually know, or how hard you work. If you are a greasy snake and can stomach - selling sand to an elderly woman in a desert, - backstabbing your peers and the people working below you, and - smoozing and kissing butt to whonever is in power that year - you will go far. Otherwise it is best to get out after you have suffered through your "learning curve"

      1.0
      Jan 10, 2009

      Find somewhere else to work--if you value your career and self esteem.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      None. Unless you're new to the United States and the accounting profession. No good reasons to work for E&Y if your an administrative employee--at all.

      Cons

      The only ones promoted or encouraged are client serving and accounting/tax/consulting individuals. I think they take advantage and recruit highly from foreign countries so they don't have to pay new personnel as much--especially staff.

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