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A typical day at work involved having a brief catch up with my group leader (Asia Pacific Private Equity Leader) to discuss the weeks work in progress and what needed to be completed and then working on those tasks in order of priority and urgency. Tasks could include overseas/domestic travel arrangements or creating itineraries for a client roadshow or important trips, client team meeting preparation and execution (creating agendas/action items), managing partners (three) calendars and monitoring emails, making sure partners are getting to meetings on time and action any outstanding tasks were a typical part of my daily routine.

I learned that I worked well at multitasking different projects including completing different partners specific and demanding requests and making sure I prioritized and was timely on my completion. I also learned that the best way to juggle so many tasks is to put these tasks in order of high to low priority and take it one step at a time as I worked in a very fast-paced environment with the responsibility of three very demanding partners.

Due to an increased transaction workload, the team grew exponentially from about 20 to 40 in about a year and a half. As a result of this growth, we were short on administrative assistance and the pressure on me and my workload increased significantly for a while until we hired another assistant. In the meantime though, I was likable and always helpful and knowledgeable on everything EY related so most of the staff would come to me daily with questions which became very disruptive when I was in the middle of a task. The main thing I took away from these experiences is that sometimes you just have push back and advise that you don't have the capacity to assist them and send them on their way. You can only fulfill so many tasks at one time and it all comes down to who has priority. 

The most difficult part of my job was the prioritizing of the individual partners I looked after, because in the end, they all thought their requests were more important than the other. This was difficult for me at first but as I gained more experience and confidence, I became more assertive and was comfortable letting them know when they could expect their job to be completed and did my best to please everyone. 

The most enjoyable part of the job was the social events that our team valued. Working in transaction tax meant very long hours (for the partners and staff) so it was a very high stress environment during big transaction periods. The leaders of the team appreciate the hard working individuals and would compensate our hard work by taking us on long lunches, having team drinks/events and also presented the hard workers end of year bonuses every year to thank them for their efforts. I really enjoyed this mentality and working for a team that valued their staff as the morale of the team was generally high.

Every day learnt something from the works I had. Foundation of my carrier build with EY, helped me to climbed up my carrier ladder in Sri Lanka. I joined with EY as a trainee and within eight months I promoted as Executive and ended as a Senior Executive Level 2. I gathered lot of experience conducting internal and external audits of many industries such as manufacturing, trading, hotel, construction, service and etc. Not only the working experience but also EY creates discipline in my life, how to balance my personal life with the work. EY management is the best. I never had such kind of a leadership. Even we had ups and downs, they are with us and support how to be a quality person.

I am a member of the EY cricket team for 3 years. I participated lot of events there not only the seminars and workshops but also fun events such as cocktail parties, annual trips and etc. EY is the best place to do your studies. All the people including management encourage us to continue our studies. Not only in words, they also giving appreciations and promotions once we qualified.

Sometimes we had to face problems in collecting data from clients. But end of the day with the instruction of our seniors we gathered the information what we need carry out the audit. The most enjoyable part is the team work. From the bottom to top we are working as family. That the basic thing we need to enjoy our life.

The culture is toxic for the lack of a better word. There is no teaming, only pulling someone down for your own gains. Merit and knowledge are secondary, being heads down and saying yes to everything your boss says is primary. The counselors aren't interested in anyone's career growth except their own and employees are left on their own to fend for their careers paths, no guidance whatsoever.  Team mates who have been in the company since graduates or whoever has spent more time than you, are treated with greater affinity and considered for promotions regardless of their knowledge or skills. Only skill you need to survive is being able to talk no matter what the subject is. Thought leadership is undervalued and selling skills are overvalued. Those who are on a specialist path like techinal programmers or developers are treated secondary to those who are on generalist path. The quality work and experience you bring to the table will be stolen by someone and made theirs, thats the way it works here at EY unfortunately. 

I loved working at EY. Every day was a new day meeting clients, helping them with documents and files, helping them to use TRIM in order to search and request files. 
My team was friendly and supportive. The clients were very understanding and so was the management. 
I had an excellent rapport with my management, partners and also clients.
EY is a very good place to work in and I miss being there. 
The challenging part was when I had to manage a lot of requests along with other duties. However, I just had to prioritise my work and as the team was supportive, the work didn't seem difficult. 
Being a part of EY for over 11 years, I acquired a lot of knowledge specially improved my Customer Service skills, my phone manners, computer skills, learnt to use new software over the years.
Overall, it was a happy, memorable experience working at EY.

Being placed in a big client engagement, daily work was quite stressful and required a lot of adjusting towards. Being put in this situation required me to understand how I work better so that I could be productive but keep myself in a good mental state at the same time. I enjoyed the experience understanding how the company works as well as client companies. The workplace culture is friendly and diverse, and people are willing to help each other out. The hardest part of the job was to keep up with the fast paced environment and completing audit tasks with a high quality. The most enjoyable part of the job was learning the auditing process and seeing myself learn and improve throughout the internship.

A typical day at work involved working at client's sites unless during reporting and review stages whereby these were finalized in the office and any planning meetings with the team including the engagement principals or partners would happen in the office. Other administrative aspects of the job would also happen in the office although we had enablers such as modems and hence one could easily do timesheets and other administrative aspects or work related issues from client's sites or from home if it is past office hours.

Pay is pathetic compared to the market rate and considering the amount of workload you’re expected to do. I support six executives which can be quite challenging to juggle. There is training provided by the company but a lot was learnt on the job and you are literally thrown into the deep end. It is up to you to reach out for help if unsure or faced with tasks you have no idea about. The promotion pathway is stupid and a big waste of time. If your fellow EA colleague goes on leave, you’re expected to be a back up for them, thus becoming even more overworked. The EY culture is very fast paced, hierarchical and robotic and majority of the people clearly do not have a life outside of work. Overall I do not recommend this role. 

If you are anything below a team leader then don't voice your issues, simply walk out (that's what i did), as only your TL or managers will be heard no matter how true you are to your work. TL's (like the one I had, and i assume there are many more like her) only use you to go up the ladder. TL' look for a chance to put you in PIP so that they can show it in their yearly review and get promotions. It's an awesome company to work with and can become even better, say extraordinary, if people like these are fired, or at least if management has the minimum courtesy to listen to what even the lower levels have to say.

Working at EY is both challenging and rewarding. You gain exposure to a wide variety of projects and develop a lot of skills quickly. The learning opportunities are excellent, and the work environment encourages growth and problem-solving.

However, the workload can be heavy, and the pace is fast, which can be demanding at times. Additionally, while the experience and skills gained are valuable, the pay progression can feel slow compared to the level of effort required.

Overall, EY is a great place to learn and grow professionally, but it requires dedication and resilience.

Please beware of Global Mobility Consultant team in Sydney.
 Highly racial based team.
Long work hours.
Worst work culture no support. Expected to work 24/7 all the days of week
High Attrition rate for Mobility Consultant roles. No training provided in structured way
Too much of pressure
Not recommended
3 people work expected by one person.
Harassments by Manager of Mobility team  

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