Company: EY
Date: 2020-03-25
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Archaic Policy’s cost me my marriage
Pros: Pays great & looks good on resume
Cons: Expects Insane hours (like 80 work weeks all the time) but what cost me my marriage is their archaic stock trading policies.  EY is one of 4 account firms (really 3) that control the audits for all major public companies so need to insure inside information isn’t used for insider trading; totally reasonable.  Problem lies in how they have decided to protect against this.  Once you reach Management Level, EY requires your spouse (not just you) to report any trades (no matter how small) within 10 days and will fine you if your spouse holds (even for a minute) the stock of any company they work with (which is pretty much everyone).  My spouse regular trades stocks as a major source of income, so had to stop doing what they love (without their consent) once I was promoted.  Thanks EY for putting me between a rock and a hard place.  We had to choice between my career or theirs and they never forgave me for it.  I didn’t even work in Audit!