Pros
This is no way a place for slackers, under-achievers, counter productive lazy bum who's seeking for work-life balance. If you have these qualities, I strongly suggest you to swipe right away. My experience is strictly applicable for the Audit&Assurance industry in BDO MY only. This may not apply to you in BDO Utopia/ShangriLa/Atlantis.
THIS IS A PLACE FOR:
- Highly motivated people who are head over heels in love with work and completely nothing else. Remember their quote, "Work is life" If you have any interest in other aspects of life, at all, that is blatant disrespect to the firm.
- People who possess 7 Chakras to charming and influencing your coworkers, always believing in the management team with a composition of young bloods throughout management, that means they stay as closely related and always be understanding of the younger work forces "Best have yet to come"
- People who actively seek to sharpen their soft skills, fret not you will be dealing with different clients and engagement teams on a daily basis, you would be given chance to be exposed, at any one time, five concurrent engagements, therefore five different composition of teams and external clients, whom you call daily to check on their health, "hope this email finds you well" etc. etc. In local Malaysia context, we call this "memberi salam", this means you will always be giving blessings to others. This is good.
- If this isn't enriching enough for you, you can always ask for more exposures (engagements), the management has always been very transparent. "The more the merrier" "The more you give, the more you'll have (work)"
- Bottom up approach adopted by management, resulting in self pilot process being inherently practiced in almost all engagements, almost on par with Tesla's auto pilot in a Ludicrous Drive Mode paired with a V12 engine, albeit it's headed in the wrong, down south direction.
- Gives you a vibe of Utopia without being in Utopia, as the managements are mostly seconded from BDO Utopia
Cons
Not that I could tell. There is Naan.
