BDO reviews

Your work week is comparable to the big 4 but do not have a big 4 salary. They promote 'flexibility' in the workplace however they have demonstrated that they do not believe in it. They want you to work 7 days a week. Fine, you may ask to leave early on a Friday for something person,. but you WILL be making it up Sat & Sun. Several managers and partners do not even know what weekedn means as they are emailing you on Sunday and expect a response! Some will even call you on your cell phone on Sundays! Family- what is that ? They used to care about it and be flexible when you had something going on. Well NO more. It's all about how much blood they can draw out of you. For the women out there, do not think of being at BDO if you want to have a family. They have already layed off 3 women who were expecting/gave birth.

Although they like to market themselves as an alternative to the Big Four, you're still going to work you just as much. They're just not as honest about the time involved. As a tax associate, there were many weeks were my colleagues and I were working 65+ hours. They say they do 55 billable, but that really means you're at work at least 65 hours. Even at the senior level, there was no decrease in time.