I would not recommend this company to anyone. - Anonymous employee BDO Employee Review

1.0
18 Jan 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are some lovely people who work there.

Cons

A general clique attitude, so if your face fits I'm sure it's a great place to work with quick promotion and recognition. However, for the majority it seems that the partners/managers, depending on your position, take advantage of those who are efficient. It is openly frowned upon if you leave at your contracted hour, even though you will not be paid overtime for any extra time spent in the office. Many dismissals just before end of probationary period - feels unfair for those workers who seemed to do a reasonable job (more than some still with the company). Lots of feedback through surveys, but nothing ever changes - waste of everybody's time.

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Pros

Strong team culture and they offered great flexibility throughout the internship.

Cons

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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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