Company: EY
Date: 2020-04-01
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Great for career but no work-life balance
Pros: The skills you learn at Big 4 are invaluable for your career whether you stay at Big 4 or leave for industry. In 4 years, I was managing a large team of staff and seniors for one of the largest private clients in our division. Some of those skills include working with difficult clients and upper management, recruiting new interns/staff, performing accounting research on complex issues, time management, managing interns/staff/other seniors, and so much more.
Cons: Absolutely no work-life balance. You are told every year that the next busy season will be better. My experience was the hours actually got worse every year (avg. around 80 hours per week during busy season and about 60 hours per week the rest of the year) and our busy season was extended to 5 months out of the year.