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      3.6

      70% would recommend to a friend

      (83,800 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 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 83,800 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
      1.0
      Aug 2, 2013

      Highly political and discriminatory

      Audit associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      1) excellent on cv, 2) great client exposure

      Cons

      1) if you have disabilities, beware of covert and overt discriminations. Management and staff often make your disabilities worse or use it against you 2) hr is completely rude and inhuman 3) there's a lot of politics and if you're not in the in group, you'll get screwed 4) ey can stop people from taking their exams if they don't like you. This is even if you pass all your previous exams 5) a lot of long hours, yet it's only appreciated if you're in the "in group" 6) there is covert racism 7) promotion is based on being in the "in group", not capabilities 8) there's a lot of backstabbing which can make life hell and remind of school

      4.0
      Mar 30, 2013

      Better than most places. Still tons of hours and travel.

      Manager - performance improvement
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Good salary and benefits (not great, considering the hours and travel). Looks great on a resume and very good experience, but the business consulting (non-internal audit) is a recent practice that they've been rebuilding since about 2008. It's had a rapid growth and those joining now missed the bottom floor entry, but also many growing pains (like a huge lack of practice resources, tools, knowledge databases, etc.). Still small in comparison to Deloitte, Accenture, but closing the gap.

      Cons

      Way more of an old boys club feel than other Big 4 firms. Few women in business consulting (read: not tax or internal audit) above level of manager. EY is not anti-women and the women that are there are outstanding and very pro-women. It's just that the guys tend to go to lunch together and hang out together outside of work (not just at the associate/senior levels) so if you're not "one of the guys" it can be tough to build the strong relationships needed to get pulled in to sell work or be assigned to work on good projects. This may be a result of so many sr managers & partners returning to EY from Cap Gemini (EY consulting that was spun off in the late 90's) once their non-compete agreement w/EY expired. From my experience and conversations with friends, KPMG and Deloitte seem more pro-female. Performance Improvement managers must average 45 hrs a week billable to be at 100% utilzation, but many clients only allow you to bill 40 hrs, so if this gives you very litle room during the year if you are between engagement. Lots of people get hurt by this, especailly, if a client pushes back a start date and you're the subject matter resource for the project (and can't quickly be deployed elsewhere).

      1.0
      Apr 19, 2011

      Too many political scams going on in the background

      Support specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Job for life, security and location flexibility.

      Cons

      Management seemed to choose favorite 'pets' regardless of the work performed. Performance rating system was just a scam to get promotions and marks were usually decided well in advance of the work being performed. No real training provided and the management seemed to bend the rules they enforced to suit themselves. Lots of empty promises that were never kept, they were very good at making excuses. Dont take any sick days because its seen as a weakness. Nepotism is alive and kicking in Ernst and Young.

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