Assurance Industrial Placement Review

Dealing with clients on a day to day basis, going through their financial statements and trial balances, to ensure that their accounts are free of material mistatement. Worked with a variety of clients from day to day in a number of different sectors. Lots of travel on a daily basis involved.

How to read a balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows, that will hopefully help me further my future career, even if I choose not to continue at EY. I strongly believe that I have learnt a lot despite not choosing to return to the business when I'm done.

The work I have done has been very repetitive and not very challenging. I would prefer more challenging work. I met a lot of great people but also some people I would rather not meet again, so overall an okay mix. I also didn't enjoy the city of Southampton that much.

The work experience at EY is a long established program and one that is well prepared to meet the needs of people who manage to get onto the program. Perhaps we could receive more guidance from someone within the organisation, but that depends on who you are given as your counsellor.

I think I have a very good idea of what it would be like to work in this division of the company so far. Which is why I have chosen to not return if I have the option. I think it gives you a very good idea of how to work in this environment.

It has greatly motivated me to get into a career that I actually enjoy on a daily basis, because although I didn't enjoy this experience, long term I am motivated to work in order to achieve what I want so I can get to where I want to go.

Yes I was paid during the experience at a rate of 20,400 GBP per annum. The other person on the same program as me was paid the same. The rate of pay changes depending on the location of your office (according to living costs in whichever region you work in).

There were many opportunities for networking upon joining, as you mix with other people at the training and college. However after these it is mainly within your own employees, apart from when you are on client sites where you can converse with the client. The best part was probably the experience you get with client management.

No

I didn't enjoy my time here so I can't say I would recommend it to anyone, unless someone was extremely interested in audit and knew what they were getting into. In which case, in terms of audit, EY is a good place to work. However I don't think it's a good place compared to other places, particularly if you're looking for work life balance.

I would personally choose not to. However, if you were I would say stay relaxed as the application process was actually quite enjoyable, particularly the assessment centre. You will be part of the assessment centre with people applying for other roles so don't worry about how competitive it would be.