Company: EY
Date: 2019-01-30
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Best flexibility and people culture
Pros: Amazing benefits:

Very practical flexibility options, available to support/administrative personnel not just client facing consultants 

Generous parental leave - 16 weeks for both mothers and fathers

Generous vacation - 22 days per year (some you do have to apply to firm-wide weeks off but the whole firm gets  July 4th week and Christmas week off which everyone loves)

Yearly stipend for gym, fitness trackers, etc.

Cell phone bill stipend (recently lowered to $60 :( though )

Relaxed dress code policy - you still have to look professional but you can wear jeans. Didn’t think this would be a big deal but it’s great to wear jeans throughout the week when not meeting with clients. Save $$ on dry cleaning.

Very developed training. Training you get here is second to none. Firm really invests time and money into relevant offsites.

High level of autonomy for good performers even more junior personnel. No one really tells me what to do, I’m responsible for driving my own work.
Cons: It’s massive.  You’re a small fish in a big pond 99.9% of the time. Does not have a small- office feel especially in larger hubs like NYC. 

Hard to network/ get to know everyone, even though people are certainly very friendly and willing to get to know you. Part of the struggle is knowing who to go to for what. People are constantly coming and going so it’s impossible to maintain an org chart.

Because of the size it’s hard to feel like you’re making an impact.

Although lots of flexibility, it can be hard to “shut off.” Lots of tech platforms that make remote work easier actually make it harder to disconnect, so you lose the work/life balance.