Excellent Source of Knowledge - Anonymous employee BDO Employee Review

5.0
Oct 20, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Friendly co-workers -Young, energetic workforce -Friday Happy Hour -Constantly learning -Good, bonus-related incentives -Well known in the Chicago-land area -Outside work, bonding activities

Cons

-Pay is on the lower side -No 401k matching -(maybe not exactly a con) Smaller company, meaning stars shine but under performing is noticed as well

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Pros

Learn good accounting concepts and people are nice.

Cons

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2.0
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Pros

There actually are great people, but you play manager roulette.

Cons

BDO is notorious for promoting people who just never leave. The middle of the road, not great, not awful, people get promoted over and over again. There have been changes every 3 seconds since the ESOP. Terrible communication around change (non-existent). My manager's favorite term was "We are building the plane as we fly it". After 4 years, I was hoping to have more plane built. It was never built.

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