BDO reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(10,341 total reviews)

Pat Kramer and Peter van Laer

73% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

BDO has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 10,341 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BDO employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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10K reviews
4.0
Apr 28, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Co-workers are professional, and friendly. Training is great - perfect for those gaining their qualifications and also CPD. Wide variety of clients and therefore exposure to a variety of interesting accounting and audit areas. Management and partners are all very open and easy to speak with.

Cons

Work-life balance can often falter with fast paced and tight budget jobs. IT systems and audit software could be improved to be more effective. Performance feedback could be more structured, though this was being addressed and improved as I left.

2.0
Apr 24, 2014

Not impressed

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- A (very) few great managers - Various industries to choose from

Cons

- Very clicky among co-workers - Your experience may not be reflective of your abilities, but rather by the staff (and their mood, personalities) on your engagement - Not the best clients or the most knowledgeable - Ridiculous budgeting and expectations from upper management - No work-life balance (regardless what HR says)

1.0
Apr 21, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

wide international network with plenty of opportunity to do international work. Flagship impressive headquarters in Baker Street

Cons

It is very difficult to progress on merit - the staff are good below partner level but the partners are largely unimpressive, there seems to be a lot of cronyism and many are bewildered at the partners that progress up the management tree. Bullies are not dealt with adequately - and often hold positions of power. It is not a great place to work as a senior woman - difficult to be heard and little support. PKF merger seems like displacement activity to hide the generally poor performance of the firm.

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