Company: EY
Date: 2014-07-15
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Challenging but friendly and accommodating
Pros: EY does expect the best work and extra hours from its employees, but it also touts many benefits including programs to help employees manage their personal lives better.  Employees get access to group discounts with numerous retailers, access to financial planners and legal advisors for free or reduced fees, care providers for elderly or children on short notice, health & wellness perks, and more.  There is constant focus on your professional development, mentoring, rewards and recognition so you often feel like your feedback is being heard and your work is appreciated and valued.  The people I've met and worked with have all been hard-working, kind and collegial.
Cons: As a large firm made up of smaller divisions and teams, your job satisfaction will depend largely on your team leadership and environment.  Most of the partners and senior leadership seem to genuinely care about my professional development from the perspective that they'll need the junior consultants to carry the torch and keep adding to revenue once they retire.  That also means that as a partnership, it is ultimately up or out.  Depending on your group's revenue prospects, there may or may not be room for you at the top.  Even if you're out, I understand the firm does work hard to help you find a place to go, however, as they'll like to count on you as a future client.