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      Tax trainee - Tax Trainee BDO Employee Review

      2.0
      16 Mar 2016
      Tax trainee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      I work in a good team which supports me in my day to day job, and I do a variety of work.

      Cons

      BDO advertise as supporting trainees in exams and being positively different from the big 4. Exams have been moved to self taught even in the advanced stage. This was suddenly changed with no feedback asked from any students. Massively underpaid as a school leaver.

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      5.0
      8 Dec 2025
      Associate consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      A lot of room to grow and opportunities

      Cons

      Constant funding changes in public sector make for an unstable work environment

      2.0
      5 Jun 2026
      Specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      There actually are great people, but you play manager roulette.

      Cons

      BDO is notorious for promoting people who just never leave. The middle of the road, not great, not awful, people get promoted over and over again. There have been changes every 3 seconds since the ESOP. Terrible communication around change (non-existent). My manager's favorite term was "We are building the plane as we fly it". After 4 years, I was hoping to have more plane built. It was never built.

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