TAS Intern Review

The first team I was placed in was not enjoyable. After actively seeking to move, I found the second team more enjoyable. There were no socials with interns, which meant initially it was hard to meet other interns.

I have had a mixed experience - some work has been valued by colleagues but others not so much. It has been very dependent on what team I have been on.

My counsellor was supportive, and helped me move teams. However it has been a mixed experience. It completely depended on the team I was in, but some managers have been very helpful, and others not so much.

At the start and end of my internship I had little to no work around seventy percent of the time, even after actively seeking it. The middle of the internship was my most busy period, where I would have projects and tasks to last me the whole day.

Understandably, as an intern with no prior experience I was not expecting work with a lot of responsibility. I felt that the tasks that I was set gave me an element of responsibility, but not an overwhelming level.

I study a completely unrelated subject at university so I do not think that this internship will assist me in my degree studies. I have learnt certain things that will help me in the future in the world of work - whether that be at EY or not.

My floor was quite quiet, but other floors were more friendly and chatty. The last team that I was on had a good atmosphere, and I enjoyed sitting with them for the time that I was there - however I think this was an anomaly on the floor that I was on.

The internship itself was quite disorganized, and more could have been done to welcome interns. The team that I was placed on did not know I was coming until the week before and did not have much work for me to do. I was assigned a buddy, who contacted me before the internship, but when I arrived I was told I had a different buddy - who did not know until the morning that she was my buddy either!

I didn't receive any training on my internship. The analysts have given time to me to teach me how to do certain tasks, and this was appreciated. On the EY homepage there are web based learning programs that you can watch if you have no work to do that teach you about specific things to do with your service line.

A lot of interns receive grad job offers from the internship. I think that the prospects are good, and it is possible to see past the intern work that you are doing and work out whether you fit into the organization.

We had one event as an intern group that was organized by EY and this was at the event. The welcome event was too short, and was mixed with all service lines and locations so it was hard to meet people that you would be working with.

The cost of living in London is very high - as expected. Most interns rented places from friends or from spare room websites. You are paid enough on the internship to live off for the time that you are there.

There are a lot of bars around the office, which are full of EY employees after work. There are a few clubs near the area - but central London is not far away on the tube so this would be the area of choice in terms of nightlife.

On the induction we were told of the clubs and societies we could join. These were similar to university societies and included 5 a side football, women's and LGBTQ networks. I did not join these as the duration of the internship was only 6 weeks, but if I were to join in a permanent role I would join one of these.