Company: EY
Date: 2012-04-21
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

Good but will burn you out
Pros: Your learn incredible amounts and most of the people are just wonderful to work with.  It looks great on your resume, and if you're willing to devote your life to EY, it can pay off handsomely if money is your main motivator.  The work is always challenging and usually fun.
Cons: Definitely an up or out mentality. No real room or incentives for people who just like doing the work but not necessarily the selling and administrative burden that comes at the senior manager and PPED levels. The hours can be horrible but even worse is the stress if you are a conscientious person who tries to always do your best. The administrative requirements are beyond ridiculous. The chargeable work will run you 40-50 hours a week and the administrative will run another 10-20 if you do it all, which many people don't.   As other reviews mentioned, the work load is very unevenly distributed.  Some people have fairly calm schedules and some people are always running around putting out fires, which they will count against you come promotion time.