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Dedicated EY Employees Did Not Let a Little Blackout Deter Them From Providing Exceptional Client Service Last Weekend

I honestly don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

To the employees of EY NYC working right now from r/Accounting

OP didn’t really deliver with pics so if anyone managed to snag proof, let us know. As we understand it, only parts of Times Square were affected by last Saturday’s blackout, but that’s not nearly as good a story as “OMG EY IS WORKING THE WEEKEND IN A BLACKOUT,” amirite?

While we argue over semantics, enjoy this cool timelapse of the skyline when the lights came back on for the rest of the city.

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