EY reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(83,940 total reviews)
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79% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

EY has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 83,940 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 Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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4.0
Apr 28, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Great people. Generally everyone is smart, helpful, and nice to be around. Great opportunities and room for growth.

Cons

large bureaucracy. Far too many support staff, far too many p/a's, always milling around with nothing to do. "Peer reviewing" and the monitoring of staff behaviour was beyond belief, it seemed more time was spent "proving" things about people than time being spent on actual work. Did not think this branch was client focused at all, people were slow to get back to clients and slow to apologise for mistakes. Some clients were grossly overcharged for shoddy work. Very much an old boys network, there were some very incompetent employees who should have been moved on, but appeared to be kept only because of who they knew, or their past reputation at previous organisations. This was even though many staff and managers had complained about their work performance, unexplained high absenteeism, etc.

1.0
Apr 28, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The money & for some bizarre reason having it on your CV is impressive to people. For me I had an impressive corporate background so was promoted within a year.

Cons

Stuck in the 1950's, a real eye opener having worked in the corporate world my whole life. Very sexist, all male management in my department which is not in line with other organisations in this day & age. Even women played a part in trying to get men promoted, instead of women. I was stunned. Found alot of staff, including 2 partners, very incompetent & lacking in intelligence. Some people were considered "senior" at their job but if they worked elsewhere I think they'd be defined as "intermediate" & in some cases, even junior! Far too many support staff, far too many p/a's, always milling around with nothing to do. "Peer reviewing" and the monitoring of staff behaviour was beyond belief, it seemed more time was spent "proving" things about people than time being spent on actual work. Did not think this branch was client focused at all, people were slow to get back to clients and slow to apologise for mistakes. Some clients were grossly overcharged for shoddy work. Very much an old boys network, there were some very incompetent employees who should have been moved on, but appeared to be kept only because of who they knew, or their past reputation at previous organisations. This was even though many staff and managers had complained about their work performance, unexplained high absenteeism, etc.

4.0
Apr 28, 2009

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Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

EY has competent people within the organisation and excellent databases for knowledge upgrade.

Cons

The work life balance is very poor

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