I won't recommend it to anyone - Anonymous BDO Employee Review

1.0
Nov 18, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

I would say the only Pro about this office is that if you know how to deal with the management in BDO, you will know how to deal with anyone else through your career.

Cons

Management and the managing partner need to know how to run a business. Managing partner uses words that shouldn’t be used in any firm. Other partners might express that they are bored of public audit in front of the staff and the new interns, and that they want to start their own business in another field. Management open door policy is not working, because management is always giving excuses that they are doing their best and it’s the nature of the business. Managers should work on their role as a manager, we had one manager tell us, my job here is to get clients to get promoted to the next level, not to work on an actual audits. Also, married couple should meet only at home not in the office. Managers also use words with staff that shouldnt be used. As some comments said above training is non-existent. Client base is not the best, they pick clients for money. You can do your research online and see the client they got fired from recently.

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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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