Ernst & Young Reviews

Pros

-Sociable and good people culture.
-Opportunity to grow, much to learn.
-Have a people focus, good for development.

Cons

-Some work may be monotonous/tideous.
-Not given feedback on assigned work.
-As an intern, there were times when there was no work offered.

Pros

-Good opportunities for growth
-Intelligent and creative people

Cons

-Pay scale is low for the industry
-To many politics
-Unclear direction regarding technology initiatives

Pros

There are many opportunities to work outside of your current area. Goals are factored into your responsibilities and you're encouraged to set and ensure that these are achieved. You learn a great deal and skills are honed. The people are nice overall. You work for a well respected company.

Cons

Long hours in the weekday and on the weekends. Salary is not competitive. You will get passed over for a promotion if not in a certain service line. Others are favored more than some.

Advice to Senior Management

Competitive salaries. If you work hard, have excellent reviews and performing at a level above your own, you should be promoted and compensated. Please alert your Management.

Pros

Plenty of opportunity to try new roles.
Quickly able to take on more responsibilities.
Great people to work with.
Exposure to variety of different companies.

Cons

Culture of working long hours.
Poor compensation for effort and experience.
Political acumen is rewarded, politically competent Senior Management who sometimes lack subject expertise.
Self promotion is essential to receive recognition.

Advice to Senior Management

Poorly compensated staff are not good at "advertising" the firm.

Pros

People culture, flexibility, long term benefits

Cons

True global integration has a long way to go

Advice to Senior Management

Work to better integrate Americas with EMEIA and Asia PAC not just in brand name but also across core business teams, financials, etc

Pros

Lots of intelligent people
Diverse (I would often hear 5 or 6 different languages at the same time)
Opportunity to work internationally
Career progression clearly laid out

Cons

A lot of paperwork, repetitive tasks
Certain projects were disorganized
Bureaucratic administration, not easy to take initiative
Long hours during busy season

Pros

A very cohesive team environment
Learning curve is very steep
Flexibility in work and outside of work to engage in other activities

Cons

HR is slow at times to react and therefore there is a possibility to lose the best talent to competitors

Advice to Senior Management

Continue emphasizing the flexibility offered to employees and do some more research in competitor compensation, especially in advisory areas to ensure employees are fairly compensated.

Pros

Lots of learning opportunity. Work with smart people

Cons

Work life balance and under pay

Pros

It has a tremendous amount of resources. There are opportunities but you have to learn how to network and put in the effort to excel.

Cons

There is turnover and sometimes immediate resources are not always available. You have to learn to make do to reach you goal of meeting the clients needs. Unfortunately that may cut into your own time. With proper planning and effort this can be minimized.

Advice to Senior Management

There is good and bad but part of your learning experience is meeting managements expectations.

Pros

Ernst & Young provides its employees with a diversified experience catering to many versatile industries. E&Y takes seriously the career progression of its employees by providing them with on the job training and global work opportunities at its offices located in more than 140 countries.

Cons

While working at the trainee level in Advisory service line, it is very hard to maintain a balance between work and studies as trainees are required to do late sitting very often. This imbalance results in the poor passing rates of trainees in professional examinations.

Advice to Senior Management

Leadership at Ernst & Young should seriously undertake efforts to bring the compensation rates provided to the trainees recruited in South East Asia region to the regional market level.