Company: EY
Date: 2021-05-23
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

EY London
Pros: 1. exposure to different industries 2. will have many coworkers that are the same/similar age as you 3. international secondment opportunities (to high performers)
Cons: 1. Salary is not competitive 2. Work life balance is really team based - depends on the partners/managers 3. fees charged to client are low therefore budget is limited, which then result in understaff in teams (and overworked employees) 4. promotion to manager is not clear or fair. It seems like they purposely fail everyone who takes the exam so that they will stay for at least another year to complete their remediation and hope to get promoted. Normally there are 60-80 people who will take the manager assessment and the most recent exam had 0% passing rate. Even if an individual have positive feedback from their managers, they are not allowed to be promoted if they fail the exam. The exam is not a good measurement or reflective of what a manager will do, and the marking scheme is not clear. The company does not return the exam to the individuals, nor do they provide the answer key or marking scheme. 
5. HR makes really simple but severe mistakes, such as incorrectly sending promotion notice to individuals then retracting them and clawing back the additional salary in the next month, booked hotel with incorrect dates for new employees arriving in UK. It doesn't seem like anyone can hold them accountable for their mistakes. No reasons or investigation are given.