Company: EY
Date: 2016-07-07
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: former

Best firm to learn as a CA Article Trainee
Pros: EY Advisory is one of the best practices to intern for a CA Article Trainee. The 3 years are career enriching. The EY traineeship is revered and rated as one of the best programs. 

(1) Internal networking and good performance allows one to experience engagements in both strategy consulting arm known "Business Advisory Services (BAS)" and risk consulting arm "Risk Advisory Services (RAS)". Industry sector mobility is also possible depending on relationships with directors / partners and available opportunities.

(2) Good training programs, one can choose learning programs based on interests and career aspirations

(3) Approachable and down to earth partners, directors and other leaders.. available to counsel, share experience and mentor trainees & graduates

(4) Counselors and Managers are supportive of academic pursuits, ample leaves and programs like flexible timings, work from home etc. allows one to manage academics with work.

(5) HR, IT and Administrative Support is of quality and quick round the clock to ensure client serving personnel hassle free focus on work & value delivery to clients.
Cons: Personal Experiences ranges wide from extremely good to bad. It is primarily dependent on the team one joins, the internal understanding & working arrangements between team leaders & team members. Relationship with peers and seniors has considerable impact on job satisfaction, performance and work life balance.