Company: EY
Date: 2015-10-30
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Confirmed

Flexible environment AFTER Senior 2
Pros: Teams really try to be understanding of your need to have some time off to do your personal things. When things are not too busy, you can find your self working 4 hour days which will allow you a lot of flexibility. However, I noticed this was the case after reaching at least a Senior 2 rank. That is when you are able to own your schedule, and you have visibility into your schedule, so that way you can anticipate when you are going to be busy, and when you won't. You can plan things around your work schedule easier. I presume this only gets better as you progress further.
Cons: As usual, the hours are hard for most people. My suggestion is that if you can't even fathom how people can work 75 - 80 hours weeks at a time, then don't even consider public accounting at the Big 4. You will be extremely frustrated.