Pros
Office is centrally located, nice people, competitive benefits
Cons
The office may be a member of big 4, but it still feels like a boutique accountancy firm — too many administrative tasks outside of client engagement work, a lot of office politics, a lot of admin meetings (too much talking and less doing). The local office tends to add more process over and above EY UK-established processes leading to inefficiencies. Some managers/feedback providers can get too nit picky to the point of not being constructive. The office has a lot of staff on PIP — local office’s expectations are somewhat more than other EY UK and Ireland offices even though local salary is far less. Progression can be slow as the team is already top heavy, a number of clients lost with no new wins, not enough of a business case to accommodate promotion (even for those that are deserving). Benefits may be competitive on gross basis, but definitely not on a per hour worked basis.