Company: EY
Date: 2013-05-19
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

Prison but without the bars
Pros: Opportunity for advancement, networking, strong brand, a person's experience can vary greatly depending on project they work on and geography.  Organization has great values, on paper.  
They champion flexibility, which means that if you have something like a doctor appointment during the day sometimes you can go if you make up the time later.
Cons: Organization is constantly in sales mode with respect to employee retention.  Trainings are like a pep rally trying to convince everyone not to leave.   Majority of the office is on their first job (early 20s) or their last job (late 50s), which fosters a strange parent-child like approach to management.  
The billable hour model doesn't reward effectiveness in work.  Some people assess performance on how many hours a person can bill the client, and whoever sends the last e-mail of the night wins, as opposed to whoever can effectively meet a client's needs.  
Management is patently and outwardly disrespectful of staff, interns and admins.