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      Great Atmosphere - Intern BDO Employee Review

      5.0
      28 Sept 2014
      Intern
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      office atmosphere is very outgoing and collaborative. Everyone seemed interested in helping interns learn. Very great culture and friendly faces. Hours are better than big 4 accounting firms, and they try to make up for the long days with catered lunches and other treats.

      Cons

      Commuting on the train was time consuming, but that was because I lived outside of the city. During busy season, even interns worked 60+ hour weeks. While it was difficult at times, I never had to work a Saturday. There didn't seem to be many options to take time off, unless very sick or emergency.

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      BDO Response
      11y
      Thanks for your feedback! Every intern and new employee is a future manager in our eyes, so it is critically important that we do our job to help you thrive at BDO. We certainly support paid time off to recharge your batteries and bring the best of yourself back to us and our clients. The timing is of course to be balanced with client service requirements.

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      5.0
      11 May 2026
      Tax manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Flexible work schedule and great leadership

      Cons

      Workload sometimes is a lot, but that is normal for the industry.

      1.0
      22 Jun 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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