Company: EY
Date: 2019-08-15
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

WORD IS GETTING OUT
Pros: One of the only redeeming qualities of this white collar labor camp was the associated name (EY) as a Big Four leader. Still, I met some really amazing people who were caught up in the same post grad catch 22 as myself. 

You do receive many of the well respected benefits EY offers such as phone reimbursement and favorable vacation time. 

The main pro is that I now enjoy my current job more because my initial benchmark was set so low with the SDC.
Cons: I can not begin to explain the level of dysfunction occurring in this operation. If you are in search of a position which requires critical thinking or creative problem solving, you will be remiss to accept an offer at the SDC. *Click* *Click* *Click* is all you will hear within the office as new college grads mindlessly go through the motions and wonder if all of corporate life shares the same hopeless  monotony. As an escapee, I can assure you, more stimulating jobs await on the other side. Still, one may say, "EY will look great on the resume". Let me be the first, and certainly not the last, to tell you; the industry is catching on to our near-shoring operations and the association can tarnish your professional reputation moving forward. Frankly, I made it by the skin of my teeth to a new position due to the negative connotations associated with the SDC. Many of my peers within the "legitimate" Big 4 world have shared with me that they have, "heard it is a blood bath". 
Anyway, organization within management is nonexistent and extremely political with few clients actually being sold on BAU projects and instead exploiting our low rates for short term contracts. 
Due to the bait and switch qualities of this operation, newly hired grads are almost immediately disillusioned and frustrated right out of the gate leading to a negative environment where people openly speak negatively about the SDC and its components. 
In summation, no collection of words can truly outline my frustration with the SDC's model but I hope the reader understands at this point that they should not accept the offer no matter how tempting the exceptionally low salary (relative to industry standards) is.