Company: EY
Date: 2017-01-03
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former

2nd Year Audit Senior review
Pros: If your life goal is to get a steady well paying job or a higher paying job later in life this is a good place to be.  

You learn a lot of good organizational, leadership, and technical skills as a senior.
Cons: God, the hours.   It feels like you never get a break.  The degree varies by location.  New York, Chicago, and DC (McLean) offices have the worst reputation for long hours.  

Industry trends lead me to believe the job will become more and more about repetition and less about critical thinking.   I worked there a total of 4 years (2 as staff 2 as a senior).  During that time we ended needing to do more and more work on menial tasks - this was one of the big reasons I left. 

New interpretations of regulations mean we need to do more work with the same amount of people and the same time budget.  There's pressure to lie about the amount of hours you work so it looks like jobs are more efficient than they really are.   Basically this sets us up for a cycle of failure. 

On vacation expect to do a little each day.