Company: EY
Date: 2018-04-14
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Beware, abnormal turn-over rate is for a reason in EY Singapore
Pros: Brand name, but less and less beneficial as other companies know to ask about specific experiences rather than relying on just brand name
Cons: 1. No consideration of your career interest. In the end, what helps you in your career will be whether you have relevant experience. At EY Singapore, you have no input in the projects you work on
2. Extremely negative culture. A lot of cliques, gossips, backstabbing and favoritism. Everyone focuses on kissing up and trashing peers to advance. 
3. Flexibility is not supported. Requesting it will be used as a negative in your performance review 
4. Both culture and pay are worst among big 4 and other professional companies 
5. Overall, there's a reason for the high turn-over rate, even in big 4 standard. I have heard from colleagues from EY offices overseas that EY Singapore is an anomaly. For  the internal EY employee satisfaction survey, EY Singapore has been consistently ranked the lowest globally (30%-40% satisfaction vs. 70%-80% global average) 

Advice for potential joiners: 
1. figure out the type of projects that interest you, and ask your recruiters/interviewers EY's experience in them. Ask specifically when the project happened and where it happened - leadership here has a tendency to over-promise and use projects from overseas offices or from years ago as examples for EY Singapore.
2. HR in EY Singapore has been known to post fake positive reviews online. Look at reviews from the negative side and see if there are common themes. And then base your decision on all considerations.