Life & Culture

Life and Culture

Values

Who we are

  • People who demonstrate integrity, respect, teaming and inclusiveness.
  • People with energy, enthusiasm and the courage to lead.
  • People who build relationships based on doing the right thing.

What we do

At EY, our purpose is building a better working world. The insights and quality services we provide help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.

Diversity, inclusiveness and your career

Your point of view matters and you deserve to feel included. We're working to build a culture where you're embraced for who you are. We want you to be empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. We solve the toughest challenges together by valuing our differences and teaming inclusively to build safety and trust. We want you to feel like you belong here because your uniqueness helps us to stand apart.

Corporate responsibility

We believe business can be a force for social good. Your unique knowledge, experience and business skills, amplified by our scale, can positively impact millions of lives. The ripples of change that you create will strengthen our communities and your career. From mentoring young people to develop the mindsets and skills they’ll need most to adapt and thrive, to helping impact entrepreneurs scale innovative business models for tackling inequality, at EY, you’ll have the chance to use your skills, knowledge and experience to address some of the biggest social challenges of our time.

Innovation driven careers

Innovation is changing the way we all live and work. Why not your career too? Work with emerging technologies. Pursue new opportunities. Reinvent yourself every day. Our culture of innovation at EY means embracing change in everything you do, from applying new technologies to making existing processes better. Your powerful ideas will unlock your full potential – and ours.

Perks & Benefits

EY and you

Your development starts by being part of our supportive, collaborative team culture. With the right people behind you, you can create the future you want. 

We support you with the right mix of learning, experiences and coaching and you bring your talent, enthusiasm and ideas. You develop your career path and we’ll teach you the right skills and give you the right opportunities so you can progress in you career. Your learning will be accelerated through mentoring from leaders and subject matter professionals. The mindset and skillset to navigate what’s next.

It’s yours to build. 

How we’ll help you achieve your goals

Learning: Our commitment to lifelong learning means you’ll have access to EY Badges, to attain future-focused skills such as data visualization, artificial intelligence, design thinking and inclusive intelligence. You will have access to our suite of classroom and virtual training sessions and learning maps that can be tailored to your career journey. We also offer support through further study from external learning organisations including Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, Master’s Degrees and other certificates.

Development: Receiving real-time feedback, coaching, cutting-edge skills and insights is key to becoming the leader you want to be. That’s why we have LEAD, an innovative approach to guiding your career, development and performance.

Insights: Throughout your career at EY, you’ll be exposed to many business sectors allowing you to gain insights into various kinds of organisations so that you can better analyse, innovate, think and act globally.

Experiences: Work side by side with people from different backgrounds and cultures to think through problems facing some of the world’s most innovative companies.

Be rewarded: We’ll reward you for your work and your commitment. Here are just some of the benefits you’ll enjoy during your first few years — and beyond:

Support Services: You have access to accredited Mental Health First Aid Officers in each of our offices available to support anyone experiencing a mental health concern or mental health crisis. You and members of your immediate family can access independent, confidential counselling free of charge from qualified counsellors. We offer wellbeing, financial and dietary coaching for you and your immediate family members along with an introductory legal consultation.

Health and Wellbeing programs: The myWELLBEING digital app and hub provide a one-stop-shop for EY wellbeing tools, resources, tips and events. From sleep and mindfulness guides, financial wellness support, seminars, challenges and more, our comprehensive wellbeing offering is here to support you at every stage of the journey. For eligible employees, there is also the opportunity to earn up to $250 in gift cards per year, for interacting with myWELLBEING and participating in EY wellbeing initiatives. We provide synchronised days off to focus on your wellbeing. We provide onsite flu injections or reimburse the cost of flu injections.

Benefits and corporate discounts: You can take advantage of myPERKS, which offers you genuine discounts to a great range of popular retailers. You and your family can save hundreds of dollars each year on everything from your everyday groceries and petrol to travel, clothes, entertainment, insurance, homewares, electronics and more! You will also gain access to an online financial planning and education tool, which lets you build your personalised financial plan to help you reach your financial goals.

Professional membership: We’ll cover joining and annual membership fees for one professional body each year. This includes the Institute of Chartered Accountants or an equivalent body for qualified professionals.

Study assistance: We’ll help you meet the cost of approved external studies, which may include providing you with study and exam leave, financial assistance to cover all or part of your course fees and the cost of your study materials.  

Salary packaging: From your pre-tax salary, you can package your phone or iPad if it is used primarily for work purposes. You can also package airline club memberships, novated car leases, car parking, study expenses, as well as make extra contributions to your superannuation. 

FLEXIleave: You’ll have the opportunity to purchase up to six weeks extra leave. This provides you with more time for study, family or other personal pursuits.  

Flexibility: We aim to create a work environment around the world that enables flexible working, and supports the health and wellbeing of all our people. The office serves as one working location, not as the only one. By providing our people with current technology and encouraging more flexible working, we’re enabling them to work at the office, in transit, at home or from client sites. In the office, our physical spaces provide more informal working areas and meeting rooms so you can successfully collaborate and network.

EY Ripples: Through EY Ripples, you will have the opportunity to participate in skilled volunteering. You could find yourself working alongside colleagues to help social impact entrepreneurs grow and scale their businesses or on projects that accelerate environment sustainability. Or you might prefer to volunteer as a mentor for college students through our Mentoring 4 Success program, helping them with the skills and mindset they need for the future of work. You could even find yourself working with EY colleagues around the world as part of a virtual support network on a project with an impact entrepreneur.

Community volunteering leave: In addition to EY Ripples, each EY employee receives 1-day paid community volunteer leave annually to dedicate their time to a charity or community organisation of their choosing. You can use it as a full day, or incrementally over a period of time.

DE&I networks: Our people are encouraged to join and participate in our network groups to expand your personal networks, exchange information and develop professional skills while connecting with leadership, peers, our communities and clients.

myAPPLAUSE: myAPPLAUSE is our way of showing appreciation and feeling appreciated through recognising the achievements of those around you.

Workplace Giving: Our workplace giving program offers a simple and cost-effective way for people to give pre-tax donations through their pay. We match all donations up to $5,000 per person and up to $385,000 in total annually and cover all administration costs. 

Parent and Carer platform: You have access to Circle In – a platform offering practical tools, inspiring stories, supporting information and professional advice for parents and carers to help across all stages of their journey. We also have Pink Elephants and a support network for when the journey does not go to plan. 

Leave: We offer many leave options including Flex, Personal/Carer’s, Extended Sick, Long Service Leave, Compassionate, Jury Service, Australian Defence Force, Emergency Services, Career Break, Extended Leave of Absence, Leave Without Pay, Gender Affirmation, Transition Provisions and Domestic Violence. Your recruiter and interviewers can provide you with more information on the types of leave available.

Family leave: New parents may access 26 weeks paid parental leave, which can be taken with flexible options within 24 months of the child(s) birth. The EY organisation has removed gendered language so there is no distinction between primary/secondary and maternity/paternity – you’re a parent to us. There is inclusion of surrogacy, foster and Kinship care. We also provide five days of paid leave for early pregnancy loss and fertility treatment. Along with leave for grandparents to take around the time of birth of a grandchild.

Employee Insurances: You have access to a fully subsidised Group Workplace scheme providing Group Life & Terminal Illness Insurances, Income Protection and Group Critical Illness (or Trauma) Cover.

Dress for your day: We’ve introduced Dress for Your Day, a dress code that further binds our unique culture of flexibility, authenticity and creativity. It means our people can now dress in a way that is appropriate for their work each day. Those with no external client meetings can choose smart casual dress, while those meeting with external clients may opt for more formal attire.