Company: EY
Date: 2016-08-27
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Audit Senior
Pros: Smart people, good experiences if you're proactive and speak up. Firm is well recognized and looks good on a resume if that's all your after.
Cons: Workload is unmanageable unless you make this job your life. The firm likes to tout flexibility and work-life balance but it doesn't exist on most engagement teams. It just sounds good on paper. You either put in the time and work long hours (no matter how productive you are--it's all about whether they can see you 24/7 in the audit room) or they'll penalize you in your performance review. The environment is extremely political and cliquey. Seniors are the scapegoat of the engagement team. They are given very little direction and whenever anything happens, it's the senior's fault. Some managers have no idea what it is to lead. They have no people skills and motivate employees through fear. The pay is deplorable.