Company: EY
Date: 2014-10-12
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Advanced Analyst for FSO(Financial Services Office)
Pros: Great learning opportunity. Collegues are very helpful with on the job learning. Offices have Pool Table and TT table as stress busters which are very helpful. Learning and working on the analysis has been a great experience. Great people to work with. Great offices to work at, and cabs are provided after 8.pm. Overall, I've loved every moment of working at EY. Its a great company.
Cons: Worst part - Busy season. The working hours may range from 10 hours to 17 hours+working on weekends continuously for 2-3 months during busy season. Bad work life balance. While preparing work papers are great, preparing returns is a very tedious procedure, especially due to the tool and review changes relating to "," and "." etc. makes it feel a trivial job(I agree it is very important, but all the same, the analysts and advanced analysts give more importance to numbers, thus implying the feeling). There is a need for fulfillment in the job and seniors need to make analysts understand why and what they are doing is important, instead of just marking off the review changes.