EY reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(83,767 total reviews)
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60% positive business outlook

EY has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 83,767 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 Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Feb 15, 2013

Inconsiderate politically motivated people

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Pros

Brand name world wide well known (not great in all countries though)

Cons

1. Not enough intelligence around. Don't know where they should be headed in terms of strategy. Most of the work won is of contracting nature rather than use of good work and win win strategy for selling. 2. Unethical recruiting practices by giving incorrect details and assurances during interviews, work scenario does not match with the assurances provided during interview. 3. Partners are not smart enough and do not have the ability to sell well. They get all their work done by others and portray that they are deeply involved. 4. Significant favoritism attitude shown. Performance of good people does not matter, what matters is how close you are to the people making decisions. 5. Perceptions matter more than good work. 6. Employees bullied through the HR route by telling them they are not performing well and in some cases unethically asked to leave. 7. Undue pressure on employees who are performing. No pressure created for favorites who are sitting on the bench for a long time and not delivering to the level required. 8. Very easy to get promoted and be nominated for monthly awards - whether or not you deserve it, no one cares.

1.0
Aug 14, 2012

Stay away!

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Pros

There are no pros. People are backstabbing and manipulative, and the hours are horrific.

Cons

Everything about it. If you go to a job here, kiss your personal life goodbye. Managers are horrendously inept, and are quick to throw anybody under the bus when they screw up. If a Senior or Manager feels threatened by you, expect a crappy review because they will do anything to impede your advancement. Busy season averaged 85 hours a week, and I was disciplined for leaving at 2 AM, which apparently was "too early" to go home. I was also disciplined for taking a lunch break. I'm glad I worked here for the sole reason of knowing what kind of environment I don't want to work in.

3.0
Sep 7, 2010
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Pros

The realty is Ernst and Young is really an investment in your future potenital. Initial pay is low compared to others in the field, but the potential to move up after years of service is high. Essentially you must weigh the cost-benefit of working for the company, low present salary vs potential high salary in future, to determine whether to take up employment. The reputation of the company is also an intangible benefit to your employment. Others in the field and indeed finance sector view experience with EY with high regard.

Cons

As already mentioned, long hours, low salary, at the begining of your career. Also inital projects tend to be tedious.

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