Ernst & Young Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Ernst & Young full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – I spent 22 years at E&Y and for the most part it was a great experience. Benefits are excellent. I was fairly compensated and advanced throughout my career based my own merit and accomplishments. There is a defined benefit retirement plan, (which is getting very rare in private business) plus 401(k) with match that are very valuable and the basis of a comfortable retirement that I now enjoy. E&Y had very flexible work arrangements, good vacation policies (3 weeks to start), excellent equal opportunities for women, LGBT and all people. I spend many happy and productive years there and am grateful for the experience and proud of my own success and achievements there.

Cons – Business is business. It is a grave mistake to assume that any large business in any difficult financial environment is concerned about the individual employee, but there still may be policies that are beneficial to all employees and that was very true for E&Y. Financial hard times bring swift cost cutting and reductions in staff. Out large global IT department was significantly reduced in the recession in 2009 and many people were laid off, including very senior people, Directors, Associate Directors, many long term employees and older workers, several categories that I fit into and I was also laid off after 20+ years at over 60 years old with very slim prospects for future employment. That, however, was not specific to E&Y. I am realistic about it and because of their good retirement benefits and my own planning for retirement, I was able to truly retire, which for younger people with young families was not the cast. My advice to everyone: be serious and SAVE FOR RETIREMENT!

Advice to Senior Management – The core business of E&Y is strong and I was not directly involved in it, but supported it. I cannot comment on that. The back office world of IT, benefits, retirement, HR, finance was always susceptible to fluctuation in the larger economy, that in some cases, caused reductions that did not turn out to be very beneficial to the firm in either the short or long term. I recommend taking a long view of the value and contributions and working chemistry of any department before cutting it arbitrarily to reduce current cost.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Ernst & Young full-time for more than a year

Pros – Work life balance and the ability to grow your career. It's a truly great place to work early in your career as you are exposed to so much. The support structures in place are highly desirable to any new hire as well.

Cons – Underpaid for the great work you do.

Advice to Senior Management – Increase wages and improve communication from partners to graduates.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Ernst & Young full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Excellent benefits, flexibility, and people

Cons – Certain times of the year can be very busy

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Ernst & Young full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great place to work, good work environment, most of the partners care of their staff, decent career opportunities for those who are willing to explore. There are many mobility opportunities that you can enrol into after convincing your supervisor. Ample training opportunities.

Cons – Experience will mostly be dependent on the partner for whom you work for. In some countries that I have worked, competitors are clearly paying more.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Ernst & Young full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Lot of career opportunities, fair compensation

Cons – Work life balance at the start of your career could be a challenging

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Ernst & Young full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great place to work in a dynamic and epic team. Much to learn as audit support will prepare you to do advisory work and they both provide much knowledge and experience.

Cons – Long working hours. Though the management did put in much effort to balance work and life. The nature of work is tedious and time consuming.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to work on work life balance and provide for advisory opportunity.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Ernst & Young

Pros – Interesting work and great colleagues. The firm has expertise in a wide range of disciplines

Cons – Work life balance can be an issue

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Ernst & Young full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great place to work.
Lots of talented professionals.
Many learning opportunities.

Cons – PCAOB is killing the audit profession

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Ernst & Young as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Big 4
Brilliant training
Good work life balance

Cons – None. Nothing at all, certainly!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Ernst & Young as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Very good very pro. interesting and fun

Cons – Sometime hard. sometime overtime sometime worries

Advice to Senior Management – work hard win good

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend