Company: EY
Date: 2018-03-06
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Analyst - transaction advisory services
Pros: Junior level people (like me) are great, as they are around the same age and have similar phase going on with their lives, so hanging our with them is nice

There are some nice projects and exposure to variety of industries

Currently the market is hot, so a lot of projects going on
Cons: Poor project management

EY still widely considered as an auditing firm, doesn't have as much weight in resume as people think

Work-life-balance; the nature of business (whether you work for buy-or sell side, project usually must be carried in ~4 weeks. This means that usually you will tbh work 70-100 hrs week depending on a project)

Partners don't care about their employees, only about their bonuses

On manager level, people are only interested in minimising their own work and outsourcing their work to juniors. 

Really generalistic function. You will not become a specialist (other than a specialist in transaction and M&A) in any specific industry. Considering that most companies don't execute transactions quite often, except PE firms, IMO you really can't leverage your skills outside the firm.  Surely you gain the infamous "consulting mindset", but that is obtained after couple of years.

Considering the hours, the pay is not worth it.  Over hours are recorded and paid out every 6 month, or you "can" use them for vacation time on 1to1 basis.