Company: EY
Date: 2017-11-10
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

CBS gets pigeon holed + Others get overworked
Pros: EY looks great on your resume. I have never had so many competitors try to poach me.

There are a lot of friendly people you work with. You can make lifelong friends here.
Cons: During the orientation process, EY bragged about inclusiveness and how they invest in their employees. What they don’t tell you is that this offer does not extend to the CBS (core business services) division. The CBS division knows you are very replaceable and will put you in your place. Other service lines get flexible work arrangement and all the perks of working in a modern company – working from home, transferring to another office, etc. There is crazy growth in other service lines – mostly because you’re locked in to a salary and work well over 40 hours each week. There is growth because a lot of people leave. The ones that move up in CBS are ones that they can low ball. If you ask for what you’re worth, you will be stagnant. There is a ‘third party’ that decides your salary so there is no room to negotiate – smart tactic so that you can never contest your rate. What most people do is get their foot in the door, leave, and return for more money. This is so common, they created a term for them – boomerangs.
 
Once you’re in the Admin Entry to Admin Lead role, they pigeon hole you. They have no concept of proving yourself so you can move up. They just assume that is the only thing you’re good at and keep you there. If you’re lucky and tenacious, you might be moved up – that is, if you’re okay getting lower pay than someone that got directly hired on to a higher rank.