Company: EY
Date: 2017-03-12
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Great experience but a lot of work imbalance
Pros: -Exposure to great minds and many talents
-Challenging work with high-profile clients and companies
-*Some* work mobility benefits (some work-from-home days possible with service line)
-Great healthcare benefits
-Great launch-pad into next career opportunity
Cons: -So much time is spent on internal procedure like mid-year and year-end reviews (which are round-table chopping blocks meant to normalize the bonus and promotion structure)
-Some people will be busting it working 70+hr/wk and others will be on youtube all day with no shame. Management lets some people slack off and know it while others struggle to make it through the week.
-Expected travel is often inconsistent with reality. Some people travel 80% with job posting showing expected travel 40%.
- In some groups, when you are identified as the "go-to" person for subject matter, you are often pigeon-holed into that role, despite any intention you may have to experience other internal roles or service lines. Inter-office transfers are much tougher in reality than marketed.
-Dog-eat-dog mentality: because of the competitive year-end review process, the peer collaboration process always seems like there's more than meets the eye; peers are fast to rate performance poorly to get ahead