EY reviews

Disclaimer: I speak only for the Singapore office. EY offices in other countries might be run differently. - The TOIL (time off in lieu) system is a LIE. The only people who get to use their TOIL hours are those who perform very badly and hence have no engagements willing to take them up. They impose extremely strict requirements on TOIL usage (if you're a Singaporean, think "a million times worse than CPF"), so I left the company with almost 400 unutilised hours. - In my dept (external audit), many Singaporean managers have quit due to the high work load. EY SG has responded by hiring a lot of foreigners, many of whom do not have requisite knowledge. As a result, more work gets pushed down to the seniors, who are overworked and have no non-peak period to speak of. - Bonuses are bad (2-3 months), but then all big 4 are about the same

1) if you have disabilities, beware of covert and overt discriminations. Management and staff often make your disabilities worse or use it against you 2) hr is completely rude and inhuman 3) there's a lot of politics and if you're not in the in group, you'll get screwed 4) ey can stop people from taking their exams if they don't like you. This is even if you pass all your previous exams 5) a lot of long hours, yet it's only appreciated if you're in the "in group" 6) there is covert racism 7) promotion is based on being in the "in group", not capabilities 8) there's a lot of backstabbing which can make life hell and remind of school