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      BDO

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      BDO reviews

      3.5

      62% would recommend to a friend

      (10,374 total reviews)

      Pat Kramer and Peter van Laer

      74% approve of CEO

      57% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      BDO has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 10,374 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
      2.0
      Feb 10, 2016

      If you aren't an accountant or consultant, you are a second class citizen here.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lots of work to do, never a dull moment. BDO is growing.

      Cons

      If you work for any of the support services, such as finance or IT, you are treated as overhead and have no real career path or path to becoming a parnter or upper management. Support departments are woefully understaffed and underfunded, but the business lines complain that we aren't doing enough for them and are not completing work in a timely fashion. Core values and work life balance are spouted at management meetings, but the people exemplified by management are those who forego having a life and work days on end without breaks. 12+ hour days and lots of calls on nights and weekends are the norm, not the exception.

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      BDO Response
      10y
      I 100% agree with your "advice:; we are and should be judged and known by how we behave not by what we say. Now, there is no doubt in periods of rapid growth infrastructure gets burdened bur we are all committed to continuing investments in our core business services. We see every CBS leader as "upper management" so I have to disagree with you on that point. As to career path, we have celebrated many career progressions of our CBS professionals and do have partners leading finance, marketing/communications and HR, so I believe we have made meaningful progress in demonstrating the respect and value of CBS contributions. By the way, your term "support services" doesn't begin to reflect the true value and place of CBS professionals, which is why you will never hear our CEO use that phrase.
      4.0
      Feb 10, 2016

      Good place to learn

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nice people, good people and good corporate culture. It is a good starting place to develop your career, good chance to network with clients and colleagues.

      Cons

      Long work hours. However, it is expected in audit industry. Starting salary is not attractive however, will grow as your rank does up.

      4.0
      Feb 10, 2016

      Audit

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great experience with multi-national firm

      Cons

      Long hours with lots of engagements

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