Company: EY
Date: 2008-12-01
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

Ernst and Young: good name, not fun to work here.
Pros: Ernst & Young is a good name on your resume, the instant recognizably it provides is unmatched.  I would say this is good if you plan on leaving Ernst & Young within 5 years, it is a good stepping stone to better jobs that pay better and allow you to learn more.  I think that if you are in a position with a good group and good manager, Ernst & Young is a good place to be, however if you are stuck with a mediocre manager in a subarea that is already uninteresting and hard to work on, it can be somewhere you do not want to be for very long.
Cons: Compensation does not seem on par with the market, Ernst  and Young pays lower than a lot of other competing firms.  Senior management is very old school and political; it is an old man's club.  I would say that there are better opportunities elsewhere just purely based on compensation and that you can gain more experience in your field by working in a smaller firm that will allow you to have more responsibilities and actually allow you to learn about what you are doing.   In my short time here I have barely learned anything about the work I was told I was hired to do and instead am stuck on a long term project with no end in sight.