Company: EY
Date: 2019-10-14
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Does not look after the people who generate revenue
Pros: Great people work at EY
Cons: Despite extensive Media coverage the flex work options are only available if its suits the client engagement which is practically never. Hence only Support staff at the EY office get this perks which is really quite annoying given the client facing roles actually bring in revenue.
Have never felt so unvalued by any company, forced to do junior tasks without any regard of previous experience. 
The most important KPI is bringing in more revenue with team management etc. being practically ignored.
The EY internal systems are shocking especially given we are advising companies on how to implement better internal processes and systems. At EY there is absolutely no regard for consultant's time and it is treated as "free", hence no incentive to improve systems and processes given its only the staff's free time which suffers. 
Have worked on engagements where EY consultants are charged out as 8 hrs per day however we only get paid for 7.5. Working overtime is fine if there is a need for it however to force people to work 2.5 hrs of overtime EVERY week for no reason is surely illegal? On engagements where excessive overtime is required to finish the project, consultants are forced to only add 7.5 hrs to timesheet despite 15 hrs worked as it otherwise decreases the Partner Margin on the engagement. Its not that you would be paid for 15 hrs anyways however Utilisation is another key metric so if you happen to be a few weeks on the bench you can't reach your Utilisation targets anymore. Plus we read so much in the media about how franchises use employees and force unpaid or even undocumented overtime, what about consulting??