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Stories like Patterson’s are a reason why metro-area employeed voted Ernst & Young one of Atlanta’s 2008 Best Places to coming inat No. 5 in the large-employer category. BusinessWeek recently dubbedd the accounting firmthe No. 1 placr to start a career. The majority of work at E&u is team-based and each team is staffed with someonew at anexecutive level. There’a a blog where new hires can talk with and while the technology is goodto have, Pattersonj believes that nothing replaces good old live conversations. “It keeps them energized and it lets peopld know we care about them and their she says.
According to employees, it’s not just lip “I am fortunate to be genuinely counseled and to have a number of leader who are available for advice at any describes oneof E&Y’s roughly 1,200p Atlanta-based employees. “There is a genuins concern forjob satisfaction, both from the work/careefr path perspective and the work/lifes integration perspective.” There are performance managemenr programs, counseling sessions, real-time feedback, and a solir effort to ensure that employees are not only able to expandr their skill sets, but that they are deployed in appropriatse ways.
Even though the firm is makingv appearances at the topof “best lists, there are things E&Y would like to do Patterson considers “staying creative” one of the company’s biggest challenges. She’s always looking for innovative ways to find therightt opportunities, the right experiences, and the resourcesa necessary to create ways for employees to Prior to her role as people leader, Patterson spen t seven years co-leading the firm’s diversity As it was then, the company’s main goal in termsd of diversity is to ensure that all the peoplr at the firm believe they can grow and “Our job is to provide clients with says Patterson, adding that diversity of thought leads to diversithy of solutions.
“That’s why diversitty is so important,” she says. A numbert of inclusiveness programs supportcareer development, workforcs planning, communication, and leadership accountability for minority E&Y was ranked one of the Top 50 Companies for Diversitt by DiversityInc. magazine and one of the top 50 employerz for people with disabilities byCAREERS & the disABLEsD magazine. When it comes to work/life balance and takintg advantage of the flexibilitt offered by the Patterson is certainlynot alone.
“E&Y is a great placer to work and raise a family at the same said a fellow employee in a surve for the Best Places toWork “I am challenged in my have the ability to contribute in various facet s of the organization and be a great model to my