Company: EY
Date: 2015-02-02
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former

Great place to start a career, but expect to work long and hard.
Pros: Having EY on your resume is the best thing that could happen to you in the business/accounting world. That sticks out on my resume anytime I speak with someone involved in the accounting/business world. Finding a job after EY is easy as pie. The benefits offered at EY are pretty good; industry standard I'd say. The resources at EY are head and shoulders above the rest. Everything, from their training courses to their internal software is top of the line. Also, you are surrounded by intelligence. At times it can be overwhelming how smart the people around you are. You take the top students from every high school and put them in the state's best college. The few that don't get weeded out of the accounting major and graduate with their Master's in Accounting apply for jobs with the Big 4. Of those, a handful are hired. So you're surrounded by the best of the best.
Cons: The hours are long. You've heard the rumors before. They are true. You are going to work long and hard. Also, the work can be mundane at time. Especially at entry level positions. You aren't curing people of diseases or saving the world of deforestation. You're looking at excel all day and doing work that very well will never be touched or looked at again. You will likely not feel fulfilled. Although, some people enjoy it.