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      BDO

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      BDO reviews

      3.5

      62% would recommend to a friend

      (10,338 total reviews)

      Pat Kramer and Peter van Laer

      73% approve of CEO

      57% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Senior management

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.1

      Compensation and benefits

      BDO has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 10,338 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BDO employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Reviews by job title

      10K reviews
      2.0
      Mar 16, 2016

      Tax trainee

      Tax trainee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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.

      1.0
      Feb 25, 2016

      Staff Accountant

      Staff accountant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fellow staff, executive admins and partners were pleasant to work with. Calgary office focuses its resources on streamlining practices and having best practices templates, which is one of the best that I have seen.

      Cons

      Boys club at the manager level and be aware of the office politics. Low employee morale. Significant employee turnover rate in the Calgary office - of the announced departures, 55 staff members left BDO in an 18 month period. Lack of appreciation for employees - mindset is what more can you give to the company?

      3.0
      Feb 7, 2016

      Great Company; Placed In Wrong Group

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      As the title states, I worked at BDO for a few months before I moved on. The company overall seemed very well. There was actual training to get you started (though I had already learned most of it) and they had a lot of resources from various groups. Most if not all of the people were friendly.

      Cons

      The only downside for me was the group I was part of. I was part of the newly formed and growing small business group. The issue with this group was firstly the manager though smart lacked certain skills. For example she had stated that if the client yells at her, she would yell at us, which is fair. I just nodded and agreed. The other issue was she had no other real work experience except BDO started off as a co-up and worked here way up, she had no other work experience and perhaps lacked other skills. Finally the last down fall was the group was to large for one manager to manage. It was roughly 15-20 people for one person which I think is way to much.

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