Company: EY
Date: 2019-05-23
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former

If You're an African American Person Do Not Join the New York Real Estate Tax Department
Pros: None, other than having the benefit of putting on your resume that you worked at one of the Big 4 Accounting Firms.
Cons: - I will start off by saying that the corporate environment general is not inherently built for African American people to succeed - which is why we struggle with certain aspects of corporate life (i.e. "playing politics, etc.)".  
- The racism in the NY Real Estate Tax  department was not overt but very much covert in my opinion. In addition, the majority of African American people that were in the department are GONE and I'm sure there's a reason for this.
- The NY Real Estate Tax department is very demanding and they place very high expectations on individuals in general in addition to providing very poor on the job training and guidance overall.
- As mentioned in my headline, if you are an African American person and are thinking of joining the Real Estate Tax department, I highly suggest looking elsewhere - you will be poorly trained (unless you demand it), thrown under the bus, most likely talked about in secret, and moved from client to client and there will be nothing you can do about it because of EY's awful reporting structure (for example, there's really nothing you can do if your Senior or Manager dislikes you and reports nothing but falsities to the Senior Managers or Partner).
- HR does not care so you will have no one in your corner.
- Work/life balance is a joke.
- There are a few decent/good people in the New York Real Estate Tax Department. Seek them out and perhaps your experience will be different.