Do other Big 4 actually give negative performance reviews? Or is it all sugar coated like EY
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Who in the hell thought open floor office plans were a good idea? We were pulled from our WFH setups to work in an open floor plan. There is no privacy and I can hear everyone's conversations. It's so hard to focus. Not to mention the smells. Everyone's perfumes, colognes, and lunches merge together and the air is so toxic. How is this setup supposed to improve our productivity?
Finance and tech sectors are cutting new hire classes in half meanwhile accounting firms are paying new hires as much as experienced hires. This inability to think dynamically or forward is why accounting firms get no respect in the marketplace. Just a bunch of old boomers who run everything based on accounting outcomes (history), not ongoing operations (future).
EY CANDID!!
Understandable. From my experience I’ve always received critical feedback informally and then only positive feedback formally
Critical feedback should always be discussed informally first and if the issue continues then feedback is left.
I got a negative review at EY formally. Informally everything is great. I’m pissed
"Yeah everything's cool, but we needed to tell HR you're crap just to justify zero pay rise"
I wouldn’t say negative review, but I do point out areas of improvement. Like “you have clear strength in X, Y, and Z. For areas of improvement, I think if you were to do A, B, and C it would help you become more well-rounded and set you up for progression etc etc” If the person had clear performance issues, there should’ve been multiple communications with the individual (live feedback) and if there was no improvement after that, the ‘negative review’ shouldn’t be a surprise to the individual - but I’ve never encountered this. Ppl usually improve
Generally if negative feedback is coming it’s discussed first so they have a chance to correct. If the issue persists, then negative feedback is left.
Yeap, it happens, and without any prior communication
Depends on the manager. Unfortunately I have an SM who gives extremely negative reviews and nitpicks to justify it
Same here. It really killed my self esteem 😔 good news though, I switched firms and my new managers tell me that I’m killing it, so it was clearly just my old manager. However, the repeated negative reviews gave me lots of anxiety and imposter syndrome, which I’m still trying to shake.
I gave a bad one to an associate last year. He’s no longer at the firm (PwC)