Company: EY
Date: 2021-05-12
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Looks great on a resume but will work you to death
Pros: Exposure to a lot of different clients and tax scenarios. No complaints about the benefits offered. Some of the people I work with are like a second family to me and have made life long friends throughout my time here.
Cons: It's no surprise that the hours during busy season at a public accounting firm will be long but I did not expect to work 80-90 hr weeks for 2 1/2 months straight during the summer busy season. My physical and mental health were hanging by a thread on multiple occasions. So many people at the firm show zero regard for peoples' personal lives. On multiple accounts, I have had OOO replies disregarded or have been contacted well outside of normal working hours for things that were only deemed urgent for me, but not for my higher ups. During the WFH scenario throughout the pandemic, I have had higher ups say in one breath to prioritize my personal time but once they needed something from me, all of that was out the window. I have busted my butt for some teams where "thank you's" are seldomly received. During our week long, firm-wide summer holiday last year, I worked 4/5 work week days and was not properly compensated for that time I gave up. It sucks when your hard work goes unnoticed by some. The good people I've met at this firm are not enough to get me to stay at a place that only cares about its bottom line.