EY reviews

Partners only want you to think they care about you but they could not care less. I spent a large amount of time on the road with a huge amount of staff and the partners only did their cameo appearance for their so called troops once in a while. What made it worse is that they throw their own senior managers under the bus when bad apples complain about long working hours and then turn around and ask the Senior Managers why client targets were not met. The Partners don't even give their Senior Managers a chance to respond to accusations and just decides to make changes without worrying about outcomes. I have worked for a number of different companies in my time and don't know of a worse company than E&Y. The average time that managers and senior managers last is under 2 years because HR lies and tells everyone who joins that bonuses are in the neighborhood of 10%. What they don't tell you is that only a small % of people actually get a bonus. If you do want to try consulting, go with one of the other 3 like Deliotte, PWC or KPMG as I can't imagine any of them being than E&Y and managers and Senior Managers seem to stay longer there which most likely mean they treat their people better. Partners treat their people as expendable commodites to be tossed aside like garbage when they are done with you. Stay far away!!!

The culture portrayed by the brand is not what you experience on the inside. Leadership are all about political games, saving face and none of them will own any key decisions. As such, the organisation pulls in so many different directions with no clarity whatsoever. As a senior manager, this makes your job almost impossible as you have to put energy in multiple directions and no one backs you. It is very sad as it used to be a fantastic place to work. It is also a race to the bottom. Everything is being offshored and the quality is dropping as a result. There is also a lot of chat about diversity. Too much in fact, it is information overload and is diluting the message. There isn't enough tangible action, just newsletters and webinars. Furthermore, people are burned out and they only ever react when it is too late.