BDO reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(10,316 total reviews)

Pat Kramer and Peter van Laer

73% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

BDO has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 10,316 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).

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10K reviews
1.0
Dec 28, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Competitive Salaries, bonuses (higher bonuses given to management), benefits, vacation time is average for the industry, perks like free lunches and out of town dinners

Cons

Politics, nepotism, favoritism, long hours of over 80 hours per week and weekend work, understaffed (low staff to management ratio), no work life balance, over 50% travel, lack of respect & fairness towards staff level employees, sexist environment (fewer women in management and partner levels), lack of diversity in workforce (mostly caucasian employees), inconsistent management across offices (no central firm-wide management), partner and management in-fighting, partners are unsupervised and there is no accountability for their actions.

1.0
Nov 28, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Office location is centralised, near train stations and bus stops but you’ll never get a chance to take them since working till wee hours are common. A diversified and variety of different industries that you will never want to try auditing them. Efficient HR offering you the next day or the day itself.

Cons

There are 4 audit teams, but there isn’t one that is better than the other ‘cause everyone just suffers together. Staff booked for engagements are as pathetic as 1-2 weeks and are expected to complete within that time frame or risk doing it in other engagements. *read: squeeze me dry to cope your inability to hire more staffs* While we are told that we can negotiate to extend the bookings, more often than not, we get questioned why so when the engagement is “easy”, “what are you REALLY busy with” or “you need to know how to manage your time properly”. Cool story brah. Let’s also not forget about how “funny” and sarcastic partner’s review points are, and hugely dependent on their mood. The efficient and hard workers are allocated to more jobs and still are expected to excel despite little to no guidance. No matter how many big or small engagements you have helped and managed to close, you are and will always be unappreciated for your work till the day you leave the firm or even when you left. Bad culture, little to no professionalism as an audit firm. While it’s common to have bonds in mid-tiers, this isn’t a rewarding bond you would want to attempt. (Honestly, attempt at your own risk and try other mid-tiers first if you’re rejected by big4) Joke of the day: email audits.

1.0
Apr 6, 2018

Worst company ever

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing of that sort that can be mentioned

Cons

As a company there is no job security, no respect for women, employees are treated like slaves, management come to work while they are drunk, no ethics, terrible leadership, promised salary will not be given, forced to work 7 days a week, no appointment letter given, no proper decorum, people here are disgusting, cab & other promised facilities will not be provided, heavy work pressure, promised allowances & incentives will not be given, no training facilities, forced to work on multiple profiles, No discipline. Of all my past experiences, I have never been in pit hole like this.

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