Company: EY
Date: 2014-09-11
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Good for career development, but high potential for burn out
Pros: Working for EY gives you a fantastic breadth of experience and exposure to both firms and people. It's a fantastic way to enhance your career if you are prepared to put in the effort. Compared to other Big 4 EY also comes across as having a more relaxed culture.
Cons: Like every consulting role, you will be worked hard. At certain points in the year 45 hour weeks + are just the expected norm and you cannot question this. If you really want to make Manager/Sen Manager then 45+ becomes the norm all year round. Internal promotion guidelines are often very inflexible with no of years of experience often being a barrier to high performers making manager/sen manager grade "early". Pay is just OK for the work you are doing.