Company: EY
Date: 2021-05-07
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

Good company to jumpstart your career, personal sucrifices are to be made if you want to progress
Pros: -Tons of opportunities to become proficient at your field (educated and experienced colleagues, trainings, e-learnings, paid qualifications (ACCA/ACA).
-Tons of opportunities to drive your career (you have to get out of your comfort zone though, do not expect that everything will be handed to you).
-Abroad trainings when progressing to senior/manager/senior manager (two things about that, 1) this is when you realize how big, diverse and truly global EY is, meeting up with numerous colleagues from all over and realizing your realities aren't that much different and 2) I have traveled a lot a I am an outgoing person, but I would have never believed that it would be such a memorable fun and truly one of a kind experience)
-You get to see prestigious companies from top to bottom and get to know their operations better than their own employees (full picture of the companies)
-Building a network inside and outside EY and starting to get recognized/known by the industry you operate in.
-Annual promotions keep you motivated.
-Overall being a multinational company, you get what you are promised (in terms of pay, leaves, whatever benefits etc)
Cons: -I would say long hours but its the nature of our job. Client serving professionals are assigned to projects that are expected to be completed by yesterday. So yea long hours. Depending on the project you may get a busy season of 2-4 months (12-14 hours a day, possibly weekends included) or a busy season of 6-8 months (12-14 hours a day out of which 2-4 months will include weekends as well). So yea you are probably getting to be overworked, but its always a choice.
-Pay is lower than what most industries pay, but it matches or surpasses them when accounting for overtimes (some offices offer paid overtime, while at others they are accumulated and compensated as leave days)