The experience of working here
Talk to anyone at Ernst & Young and they’ll tell you it’s a rewarding place to work.
Inclusiveness
Recruiting outstanding people is just the start. Inclusiveness at Ernst & Young means making sure all our people’s voices are heard and valued. This not only helps attract and retain the best people, it also helps get better answers for our clients and our organization.
Development
Our approach to development involves offering the learning, experiences and coaching all our people need to enrich their careers and deliver the best results for clients, as well as offering additional programs for current and future leaders of our organization.
Engagement
We want all our people to feel connected to their work and their colleagues and to be comfortable in an organization that gives them the flexibility to achieve their professional and personal aspirations. We engage our people in many ways, from selecting the right people to lead major change, to taking an interest in our people as individuals, to being sure to say thank you for a job well done.
Communities
There is a wide range of opportunities for you to increase your sense of belonging at Ernst & Young. Among our many communities, Corporate Responsibility provides the chance to give something back to the local and wider community, while our Alumni network provides you with networking opportunities among your peers.
Rewards and benefits
In exchange for meeting challenges and bringing your best to every project that comes your way, you deserve to be rewarded for your contribution to Ernst & Young's success. Learn more about the rewards and benefits we offer.
Getting everybody involved
You’ll find that Ernst & Young is a place where respect, integrity and teamwork define the way we work.
You’ll be encouraged to think in global terms, build strong relationships and embrace diversity in all its forms.
By valuing the differences in those you work alongside you’ll find that you improve your perspective, benefit from diversity of thought and, ultimately, provide better answers for your clients and communities.
Helping you go further
At Ernst & Young, you’ll be given the experiences, training and coaching you need to achieve your potential.
You’ll be inspired to achieve your aims, both professionally and personally, while making a difference to our clients and in our communities.
We’ll work together to ensure your career takes you in a direction where you’ll be able to reach your goals. It’s about making sure you do interesting work with exciting clients, while also providing access to appropriate training, coaching and support.
Find out more about the learning, experiences and coaching that will frame your development.
Putting you at the heart of what we do
By being a part of Ernst & Young you will have the satisfaction of feeling part of something big. You will feel like you are making a genuine difference to clients, communities and the world in general.
Our commitment to engaging you in what we do will add to your enthusiasm for your work, your colleagues and our organization. We also want you to feel confident that you have the support you need to achieve your professional and personal aspirations.
This is done through:
- Communities: from our Corporate Responsibility work to our Alumni network, we give you the chance to be more involved with local communities and your peers.
- Conversations: we’ll listen to you and engage in open and authentic dialogue at all levels of our organization.
- Choices: we believe that people perform best in organizations to which they feel truly connected and empowered to make their own choices. Ernst & Young has earned a reputation for having a culture that enables people to meet both their personal and professional goals. More than work/life balance, our efforts to create a supportive culture have grown to focus on workplace flexibility: helping our people navigate where, when and how their work gets done.
- Celebration: to support and motivate you to continue achieving your potential, your performance will be rewarded and recognized in many different ways.
We can make a difference — and we do
When you join Ernst & Young, you’ll feel welcome from your first day until long after you leave. There are lots of opportunities to increase your sense of belonging.
Corporate Responsibility allows you to give something back to the local and wider community, while our alumni network provides you with networking opportunities among your peers — even if you decide to follow a career away from Ernst & Young.
Corporate responsibility at Ernst & Young
At Ernst & Young you’ll have many opportunities to make a difference and have an impact outside of your professional role.
First, you’ll join an organization that takes community leadership seriously; our support for the United Nations Global Compact and Transparency International are just two examples.
Second, you’ll find many opportunities to volunteer in our three focus areas (entrepreneurship, education and environmental sustainability) in a way that connects your unique skills and capabilities, enabling you to have a far greater personal impact.
Volunteering your skills and time to make a difference to communities is an important part of your career development too. It gives you the chance to develop in new and different contexts.
You might be improving your public speaking, sharpening your negotiation skills or collaborating with people from a variety of backgrounds. But while helping others, you’ll also be benefiting your own career.
Learn more about Corporate Responsibility at Ernst & Young.
Ernst & Young alumni
When you join Ernst & Young, you do more than launch a career.
You may spend your entire career with us or you may choose to seek new challenges elsewhere at some point. Regardless, we believe you’ll want to stay connected with your Ernst & Young colleagues.
These relationships will prove invaluable throughout your career. Beyond that, you’ll build valuable friendships too.
As an Ernst & Young alumnus, you’ll be offered many opportunities to network with your peers. So whatever direction you choose to take your career, you’ll benefit from your time with us.
And if you do leave to explore other opportunities, we hope you’ll become one of the many people who rejoin, bringing valuable experience and perspectives that enrich our organization.
In exchange for meeting challenges and bringing your best to every project that comes your way, you deserve to be rewarded for your contribution to Ernst & Young's success.
As an Ernst & Young employee, you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. At Ernst & Young, your total rewards extend beyond competitive salaries and traditional benefits to include a range of policies, programs and benefits that help you to succeed in all aspects of your life. And through Total Rewards Connection, a firm-sponsored website, we provide easy 24/7 access to personalized information on compensation, benefits, time off policies, career development, work environment and other programs.
Learn more:
Base and variable pay
Base pay: Your base salary compensates you for the value you bring to the firm and for meeting our everyday high expectations. We offer base pay that is externally competitive, internally equitable and tied to performance.
Variable pay: Our variable pay program rewards and recognizes you for your contributions that go above and beyond our everyday high expectations.
- Annual performance bonuses selectively recognize individuals for extraordinary achievements sustained over the majority of the year.
- Recognition awards acknowledge exceptional short-term efforts or results by individuals or teams.
- Promotion bonuses celebrate client-serving staff when they advance to senior, manager and senior manager.
Health and welfare
We provide a choice of high-quality health care coverage:
- Open Access plan with choices
- A high-deductible health plan with Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) in some locations
- Contributions deducted from pay on a pre-tax basis.
In addition, we offer:
- The choice of two options for eyewear: a voluntary plan is available for a monthly price tag and provides a reimbursement allowance for frames and lenses or a discount program that is available at no cost
- Dental coverage for preventive care and restoration services
- Dependent day care and health care reimbursement accounts: Providing tax savings on eligible healthcare and dependent care expenses.
Savings and retirement
- A 401(k) savings plan with multiple investment options, matching contributions and immediate 100% vesting
- Defined benefit retirement plan at no cost to you
- 529 college savings plan allows payroll deductions for future college tuition
- Personal financial planning provides unlimited access to Ernst & Young’s team of highly experienced financial planners at no cost to you.
Financial and legal protection
We provide a range of insurance benefits:
- Group term life, group universal and group variable universal life insurance plans
- Accidental death and dismemberment coverage
- Business travel accident insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability income
- Long-term care insurance.
In addition, we offer:
- Group legal plan: For you to have access to local attorneys who provide a wide range of legal services.
- Bereavement benefit: A lump-sum payment of four months' salary (with a minimum benefit of $50,000 net of taxes) to a surviving spouse or key adult survivor, and survivor financial counseling for a 12-month period. This payment is in addition to any life insurance through the firm.
Time off
- Minimum of 15 days of vacation with additional weeks based on level and years of service.
- Ten holidays, which include additional days off around Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day.
- Three paid personal days annually.
- Unlimited paid time off for casual illness: We do not limit this paid time off to a fixed number of days each year. Instead, we work with individuals to permit a reasonable amount of paid time off for casual illness.
- Additional Days Off program: This program enables eligible employees to purchase an additional five or ten days of time off.
Support for working families
The following policies and programs are designed to help our people meet family needs while contributing in the workplace.
- Back-up child and adult care services: Low-cost back-up child and adult care for both anticipated and unexpected needs, either in centers or in-home.
- College Coach: This program helps parents and high school students prepare for college.
- Family medical leave: Allows individuals with at least one year of service to take unpaid family medical leave for up to 16 weeks (four more than federally required).
- Parental leave: Offers six weeks of paid leave for you if you are the primary caregiver (in addition to short-term disability paid leave) and two weeks if you are not the primary caregiver. This includes the birth, adoption, foster care or legal guardianship of a child.
- Adoption assistance: Pays expenses up to $5,000 per child (with an additional $1,000 for special needs children), with paid parental leave available for caregivers, along with resource and referral services.
- Lactation program: Hospital-grade pumps are available at no cost to all eligible personnel and their spouses or eligible same-sex domestic partners. We also make lactation consultants available to all Ernst & Young women.
Additional life management
- Commuter benefits: You are able to pay for your eligible commuting costs on a pre-tax basis.
- Employee discounts: You can shop online for nationally recognized products, services and entertainment at reduced prices.
- EY Assist: The firm’s one-stop resource for solutions to work and home life issues offers confidential consultation and referrals for emotional and family issues, guidance for managing life’s transitions and research and referrals for convenience services and educational and scholarship information.
- Flexible work arrangements: These include telecommuting, reduced schedules, compressed work weeks, in addition to supporting and practicing day-to-day flexibility so that people have what they need to succeed in their careers and their personal lives.
- Matching gifts: We encourage you to support higher education, and the Ernst & Young Foundation will match your gifts up to $7,500 per school per year (schools will be matched that reach a minimum of $2,500 in match requests each year).
- Mortgage referral program: Helps you find financing for your home through referrals and arrangements with several lending institutions.
Career and professional development
- Firmwide networks: For people with shared interests and lifestyles to build relationships and foster our inclusive culture.
- Membership in business, civic and professional organizations: Reimbursement is available for annual dues and fees for certain organizations.
- Mobility: We help people achieve their potential by providing diverse experiences that include moving between service lines, industry sectors, functions and assuming international assignments.
- Orientation: We provide a comprehensive introduction to Ernst & Young, but it doesn’t stop there. Learn more about how we help develop our people.
- Professional certification reimbursement and bonus: We provide upfront reimbursement for one certification review course and associated exam registration fees for first-time exam takers for required certifications. We also offer a professional certification bonus to reward you for attainment of required professional certifications early in your career.
- Service anniversary awards: We recognize and celebrate those who have a long-term relationship with us by providing them with a gift of their choice for certain milestone anniversaries.
