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      3.7

      70% would recommend to a friend

      (83,848 total reviews)
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      Janet Truncale

      79% approve of CEO

      60% positive business outlook

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      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Senior management

      3.3

      Compensation and benefits

      3.0

      Work/Life balance

      EY has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 83,848 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The EY employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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      84K reviews
      5.0
      Jan 28, 2009

      #1 Place to start your accounting career!

      Senior auditor
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      Pros

      The best reasons to work for Ernst & Young are the People and networking, the client experiences which drive your learning and continual development and opportunities to lead.

      Cons

      It is hard to develope a good work life balance with the unending responsibilities that consume your day to day worklife.

      4.0
      Jan 27, 2009

      Utilization...is that a threat?

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      A great place to start out of college, EY has a very welcoming atmosphere for new hire staff. The big thing here is that as a new staff, you're not expected to know everything, let alone much of anything, about whatever field you're entering (audit, tax, etc.). On-the-job training provides excellent methods for advancing one's knowledge and career, and there is plenty of flexibility to move throughout the firm. Lower level staff are not entirely isolated from upper management (excluding partners) as there is an open flow of communication between senior manager to staff 1. When it's not busy season, work-life flexibility is one of the best around. As long as you're smart on how and when to use your vacation and personal days, you shouldn't have any issues with planning around work. For those seeking to pass the CPA examination within the first year, management is more lenient with providing you with an extra day or two to just use as 'Education' and study for the exam. There are also compensatory-related incentives for passing all 4 parts of the exam within one year, but this feature has become commonplace among the Big 4 accounting firms.

      Cons

      Formal classroom training is antiquated and of very little benefit to an individual employee. Classes are typically 8 hours long and with the breadth of information being provided, probably 15-25% may actually "stick" at the end of the day. In addition, although most information is intended to be provided from a "high-level, no detail" perspective, the number of topics and issues that may be addressed in a given class nullify any benefit of said high level approach. Promotions are pretty standardized, on a year-to-year basis. Compensation increases tend to be within a relatively small range at the lower levels, so there is little room to actually set yourself apart in terms of pay grade. The system for basing promotions is based on feedback, which essentially means that if your 'reviewer' does not know how to write or put effective thoughts on paper, the 'reviewee' is SOL.

      4.0
      Jan 27, 2009

      With EY, you can't really go wrong

      Audit staff
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      Pros

      Good network, great stamp on resume. Get access to training that sets the precedent for the language of business -- accounting. You will have no problem finding another job in the same industry after 2 years at Ernst & Young. They are the best at what they do.

      Cons

      Large company, so it's easy to become a number. They expect you to put your work first, and never complain about the pay. Negotiating salary is frowned upon and seen as a sign that you are looking only for money and not job fulfillment. I have heard that EY doesn't really take too much initiative in competing with the Big Four. They mostly follow in others' footsteps.

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