Company: EY
Date: 2014-01-08
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Good company to start
Pros: A good place to start if you want a career in accounting. The Company serves a lot of cool clients in the Bay Area and there were a lot of opportunities to work on such engagements (IPOs, start-ups and etc.). Almost everyone I met here was nice, smart and driven. I enjoyed working with the great people here. The Company is very supportive of helping the employees getting their CPAs and CPE hours. Scheduling is flexible as long as advance notice is given properly. Experience at EY would bring up a lot of good career opportunities later.
Cons: It is very hard to have a work-life balance, if there is any. Busy season drags longer and longer as the Company gets more and more IPO projects and private clients. Like other Big 4, the compensation doesn't match the hours/efforts put in. On certain engagements, it is expected to work on vacation and weekends.