Company: EY
Date: 2020-02-27
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Not a career path for EAs
Pros: Great team of EAs to work with as the EY name attracts top talent. Great location downtown Vancouver and many of the Partners are nice to work with.
Cons: The over demanding work load equals poor work/life balance for most of the EAs.  Many EAs worked large amounts of over time to make ends meet which should not be the normal way to get through the day.  EY pays for overtime however it was my experience that at least 50% of OT hours went undocumented as it would inevitably lead to a conversation with the admin director about why I was working so much.  The conversation was never helpful and only created more stress, so me and many others just worked for free in order to meet deadlines. Having to support 4-6 + Partners at any time makes for a lose/lose situation in almost every scenario.  EAs tend to be over achievers and to highly achieve when the work load is unreasonable made me feel like I was failing at every step.  Mid level director did not know how to foster a positive environment and constant direction from the Toronto office was always interfering with our reality.   There is   also no where for an EA to move other than a team lead which, from my experience, just adds on another layer of work and stress with hardly any more pay. I really appreciated my team lead though - she was awesome.