An Accounting Giant on Keeping Millennial Employees Happy
“In the old days it was like: If you leave, you’re dead to us. I don’t think you can operate that way today.”
How EY Keeps Millennial Workers Happy
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The following is a condensed and edited interview with Mark Weinberger, CEO, EY.
Many CEOs say one of the most important jobs they have is managing the company’s talent. What’s your thought on that?
I’m passionate about this. We have almost a quarter of a million people, and we’re in 150 countries. Seventy-five percent of our people are millennials, and the median age of an employee at EY—believe it or not—is 29 years old.
Wow, that’s young.
People think of us as old, stodgy accountants. But we’re a relatively young organization. In the last couple of years we hired 60,000 to 65,000 people a year. So we’re probably one of the biggest hirers there is, and we have to appeal to this new generation.