{"id":13658,"date":"2024-10-22T21:07:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T21:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/?p=13658"},"modified":"2024-10-22T21:07:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T21:07:22","slug":"ey-fires-dozens-over-cheating-on-online-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/22\/ey-fires-dozens-over-cheating-on-online-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"EY Fires Dozens Over &#8216;Cheating&#8217; on Online Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Ernst &amp; Young (EY) Ignite Learning Week in May offered employees at the consulting and strategy firm a chance to upskill by taking online courses like &#8220;Conversing with AI, one prompt at a time&#8221; and &#8220;How strong is your digital brand in the marketplace?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, a report from <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/dff2246e-e949-4cfb-833d-a8e38ba1e7da\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">The Financial Times<\/a><\/i> revealed an unexpected consequence of the week: getting fired for &#8220;cheating.&#8221; EY staff who virtually attended more than one course at the same time were let go.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/meta-fires-400000-employee-over-25-uber-eats-meal-voucher\/481473\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">Meta Fires Employee Making $400,000 Per Year Over a $25 Meal Voucher Issue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>EY <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2024\/10\/22\/ey-fires-staff-in-us-who-took-multiple-online-training-courses-at-once\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">requires staff<\/a> to complete 40 education credits per year, and the classes went towards that total. The firm said that dozens of employees were caught taking multiple courses simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>To the employees, being fired reportedly came as a shock, considering the overall culture at EY.<\/p>\n<p>Some told FT that they&#8217;ve seen other employees do things like take two client calls at once. To them, the company has &#8220;a culture of multitasking,&#8221; complete with three monitors per person.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glassdoor.com\/Salary\/EY-Ernst-and-Young-New-York-City-Salaries-EJI_IE2784.0,2_KO3,18_IL.19,32_IM615.htm\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">Glassdoor<\/a>, the average base salary at EY in New York City is $105,000 yearly, with an average annual bonus of $10,000.<\/p>\n<p>Cheating is a sensitive issue for EY. In 2022, the firm had to pay a $100 million penalty, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2022-114\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">largest ever<\/a> fine leveled against a company of its type, after the Securities and Exchange Commission found that its employees cheated on professional exams and education courses.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/ey-chief-economist-recession-fears-overstated-fed-behind\/478969\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">U.S. Recession Fears Are &#8216;Overstated,&#8217; According to EY&#8217;s Chief Economist. Here&#8217;s Why.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>EY joins Meta in firing employees who misuse perks. Last week Meta reportedly let go of close to two dozen employees who used a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/meta-fires-400000-employee-over-25-uber-eats-meal-voucher\/481473\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">$25 dinner voucher<\/a> for items other than dinner over an extended period of time.<\/p>\n<p>EY has almost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/189247\/number-of-employees-of-ernst-young-by-area\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\">400,000 employees<\/a> globally.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/ey-fires-dozens-over-cheating-on-online-courses\/481722\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ernst &amp; Young (EY) Ignite Learning Week in May offered employees at the consulting and strategy firm a chance to upskill by taking online courses like &#8220;Conversing with AI, one prompt at a time&#8221; and &#8220;How strong is your digital brand in the marketplace?&#8221; 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