Company: EY
Date: 2015-06-28
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Confirmed

EY has its Pros & Cons
Pros: People and relationships you form are valuable from both a personal and professional perspective.  I have some great friends I've made and I also have a very strong professional network that I could take with should I choose to leave.
Cons: The company means well with its mission of Building A Better Working World but EY's culture has always struggles with getting buy-in from its partners on its initiatives.  A lot of them just laugh at or make sarcastic comments when new initiatives are rolled out. 

Also, as you approach the time for promotion to partner, the politics and scrutiny of your performance intensifies.  But the firm doesn't really open up to you about how you will be compensated as a partner.  Most of the partners also only have a vague understanding of how they will be compensated.  It makes it difficult to commit to this firm "for life" when you don't really know what you're stepping into.  In other words, even though you're going to be a "partner," there is not much transparency in the compensation structure.