Big4 with lower pay - Audit Assistant Manager BDO Employee Review

4.0
2 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- learn the way of audit as similar as big4 - peers and superiors are friendly and helpful - good coaching by superiors - better pay than big4 when good performers are rewarded with better bonus in overall

Cons

- not as well recognised as big4 when people look at your CV but people never know the work quality could easily surpass big4 - audit is always hectic, it’s not the cons of the firm but the industry - the effort put in should be compensated with higher pay, again is not the cons of the firm but the industry as a whole - tight deadline, again this is the shitshow in every audit firm

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5.0
8 Jun 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
22 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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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