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      Medium firm with family feel - Senior Auditor BDO Employee Review

      4.0
      Oct 3, 2014
      Senior auditor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great colleagues, support and, family atmosphere. Better work life balance than big 4 forms, better pay, better attitude. Less seasonality. Working hours are about 50-55 hours, very rarely weekends, drops to 40-50 in off season. (Big 4 would be 60-90 hours, 40 in off season) Smaller clients means more exposure to different areas if a single audit at lower levels.

      Cons

      Not a big 4 firm (in terms of contribution to career) Some of the clients are riskier than you'd get at big 4 firms

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      BDO Response
      11y
      So glad you found the culture and work life fit favorable. These are incredibly important to us and to our ability to retain talent. As for "riskiness" we take our obligation to address financial reporting risks seriously and therefore invest heavily in both training and deep technical resources. Much great learning can be obtained in these dynamic environments!

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      5.0
      Jun 8, 2026
      Core tax intern
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It was a good place to work

      Cons

      Can be busy at times

      1.0
      Jun 22, 2026
      Experienced senior associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Compensation is OK. There are some really nice people in the organization to work with, but you have to find them.

      Cons

      If you are not part of the SWC "club" (company name prior to them joining BDO), good luck. Poor leadership!!! Practice lead talks to everyone like they are talking to a CEO, not relatable in most cases. No clear employee development plans. You are held accountable for things completely outside of your individual control. They stress incorporating AI into work strategy, but have no plan on what that looks like or how to do it and want everyone to formulate it because leadership has no roadmap. One has no control over where you want to take your career, yet you are expected to know everything, about everything. As a result, you become an expert of nothing! Work assigned rarely leverages skills, almost as if they throw darts to see who works on what.

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