Pros
You learn how to play with office politics. You learn to know what toxic culture look like. You get 1 team dinner with 50$ budget per person after 1 full year of grinding. You can't buy many stocks because this is an accounting firm.
Kontras
0 Growth for anyone who wants to keep up with AI era. At EY Consulting, 90% of time you are staffed on a engagement where you really just serve as the outsourced force for a random F500 client. You do the work that is boring, repetitive and replaceable by AI (in a few years). Big 4 Consulting is Dying. Engagements are getting smaller. Most partners no longer win new deals, so they replace onshore with outsourced resources to keep their own margin. As a result, staff, senior & managers (who are really the building block for Big 4) are suffering crazy workload with limited support. Yearly raise is a JOKE with nearly no bonus. Those with highest ratings earn almost the same as those who barely meets the bar. So, capable people leaves. The turnover is insane at EY. I mean, why would you wanna earn a below market average with 50 hr per week to get <10% yearly raise? EY is not a prestigious brand, compared to MBB. There's no reason to stay, if you can find any interesting jobs that pay higher after your Day 1 at EY.