Company: EY
Date: 2009-02-10
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

Ernst & Young: A nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there.
Pros: The opportunity to see various companies as a client serving professional gives me insight into the business community in a way that working in private accounting could never give me.  The learning curve is also very steep in EY, so that learning is condensed and escalated.  This is a positive thing, as you learn more in a short period of time.  The benefits are fairly good, though the salary leaves something to be desired and having no bonus program is disheartening.
Cons: The workload is often too unmanagable as the client expectations are set too high and our timeframe is too short.  This leads to a lacking in the "life" part of the "work/life balance".