Company: EY
Date: 2015-08-02
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former

Unsurprising
Pros: So, you get what you'd expect from a Big 4 - impressive client range, impressive offices, plenty of very impressive sounding people.
Cons: But... like all large consultancies (a view which seems to have been confirmed from speaking to many former colleagues and those in similar businesses) the focus is on:
- what you sound like you know instead of what you actually know
- slimming everything down to six bullet points on a slide (here's a hint everyone, nuanced concepts are inherently complicated and require, well, nuance...)
- the unceasing annual cycle of promotion chasing, to the eternal detriment of what clients might actually benefit from.

Don't get me wrong, I get completely why these kinds of business so well and will continue to do so.  But don't bother if you actually know something or want to enjoy the results of a job well done - those aren't just secondary concerns, they are detrimental to your job prospects and actively discouraged.