Does EY pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, EY employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at EY. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at EY?

70% of EY employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated EY 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at EY?

Senior Consultant (8408) , Consultant (5784) , Manager (5285) , Senior Associate (2481) , Senior Manager (2387) , Intern (2314) , Associate (2262) , Audit Associate (1859) , Analyst (1702) , Audit Senior (1671) , Senior Auditor (1431) , Auditor (1421) , Assistant Manager (1340) , Associate Consultant (980) , Staff Accountant (949)

What are the pros of working at EY according to real employee reviews?

"Generally the people here are great and eager to help if you ever have a question" ((in 5626 reviews)); "the culture at EY is good and plenty of people in your age bracket to relate to and work with" ((in 5224 reviews)); "day to day can be very different based on the projects you work on and you can earn lots; good benefits" ((in 2659 reviews)); "I was lucky enough to work with great teams and was always supported in my career" ((in 2086 reviews)); "Colleagues at you level are great and amazing to work with!" ((in 1993 reviews))

What are the cons of working at EY according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance and is expected for you to be good with the work in a short time" ((in 9294 reviews)); "hours are long and travel (if you don't want to) is sometimes unavoidable." ((in 4897 reviews)); "Overworked (working late hours and weekends)" ((in 4060 reviews)); "Salary is low and we are not focused and specialized on specific subjects (IT Advisory)" ((in 3524 reviews)); "low pay (above average though) and people could be nicer (not just to your face)" ((in 2639 reviews))

What are employees saying about EY layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about EY layoffs and their outlook for job security at EY in 2026.

EY reviews

3.6

70% would recommend to a friend

(83,770 total reviews)

Janet Truncale

79% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

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 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 83,770 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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Reviews by job title

84K reviews

4.0

Feb 22, 2017

Excellent company, however pros/cons vary widely based on project and client.

Senior consultant iii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great brand recognition, many companies look to hire from the big 4. Travel can be exciting. Great pension for those looking to stay with the company for 10+ years. Excellent opportunity to gain basic managerial experience. Work and experience is available to gain in virtually any field if you are willing to do "busy" work for senior managers.

Cons

Hours can be long, work can be repetitive, must adjust to multiple management styles and change your work style to please them all on each individual project. Must answer to both the client and your manager as your boss. No singe direct manager so year end reviews can be very opinionated.

4.0

Jul 15, 2016

It's a great environment, but beware of politics

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The pay was fair and benefits are decent (except for the barebones vision plan, if you need that), Frequent Traveler benefits (if you travel a lot for projects), training opportunities are plentiful, and you get to work with some great people that you will form connections with for life. Whether you want to be a Partner or know you won't be at EY for long, it is a great experience to have.

Cons

The work-life balance isn't great. Don't believe the messages from leadership on how concerned they are about people not working too much, they talk the talk but don't walk it. Change is hard to implement, while our practice had specific groups formed to improve processes and methods they weren't very effective. Most of all, politics is a major factor in how successful you are. If you don't have a Partner to look after you and support you, then you will not go far in the firm. The reason I left was due to a new Senior Manager who immediately took a dislike to me, then played the system to turn my Partners against me as well. Even though I had the support of other Senior Managers, Managers and Staff, my stature with the Partners was too weak for me to continue.

1.0

Jul 7, 2016

Worst recruitment process, No proper response at all. Not even sharing the Job details.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

One of the Top Auditing firm

Cons

Worst recruitment process, No proper response at all. Not even sharing the Job details. it took 2 months to arrange 4th round, and at last their reply was :- Your previous experience cannot be considered.

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Excellent company, however pros/cons vary widely based on project and client.

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Worst recruitment process, No proper response at all. Not even sharing the Job details.

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