Does BDO pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, BDO employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at BDO. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at BDO?

62% of BDO employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated BDO 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at BDO?

Audit Associate (500) , Senior Associate (451) , Manager (393) , Associate (380) , Auditor (357) , Assistant Manager (352) , Audit Senior (324) , Senior Auditor (254) , Tax Associate (237) , Senior Accountant (230) , Intern (226) , Consultant (212) , Senior Consultant (212) , Accountant (174) , Audit Manager (173)

What are the pros of working at BDO according to real employee reviews?

"The people are for the most part really great and they make it less unbearable." ((in 867 reviews)); "Culture in the junior and mid ranks is good but doesn’t extend to senior team." ((in 797 reviews)); "Good work life balance and" ((in 503 reviews)); "Colleagues friendly and help each other" ((in 403 reviews)); "The benefits are good and overtime paid" ((in 314 reviews))

What are the cons of working at BDO according to real employee reviews?

"Low salaries and not enough activity" ((in 536 reviews)); "Pay was low and unmotivating." ((in 502 reviews)); "Being in audit also means sometimes you have to work long hours and not always get." ((in 488 reviews)); "Poor management communication should be worked on" ((in 333 reviews)); "One can expect late working hours and huge amount of pressure" ((in 291 reviews))

What are employees saying about BDO layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about BDO layoffs and their outlook for job security at BDO in 2026.

BDO reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(10,339 total reviews)

Pat Kramer and Peter van Laer

73% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

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3.7

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 10,339 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

5.0

Apr 3, 2015

Great coworker focus, great work life balance, great perks

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome work environment/culture with a very cohesive team setting. Very fair compensation including bonuses, benefits, and incentives with an excellent work-life balance. Growing company, which is awesome in the Chicago market. Great upper and middle management team who truly care about their employees; focused on bringing in talented people and helping them grow. Tons of opportunity for both knowledge & career growth. Great brand; well recognized in the area. Perks: Extravagant holiday party with hotel package, a fridge constantly stocked with free pop and craft beer (on Fridays), casual dress on Fridays (jeans), constant free food, annual golf outing, health and wellness team, free in-building gym access, work with the latest technologies & fun team outings....just to name a few.

Cons

The absolute only con is that there is no-matching 401k. Other than that, it is the type of place anyone can make a life-long career at.

1.0

Mar 31, 2015

Avoid the LA office at all costs

Assurance senior associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You get great experience by being able to work on a variety of different engagements and industries.

Cons

Everything else. They claim work/life "fit" when you are recruiting but its only a scheme to lure you in. Be prepared to work long hours with enough work to fill up only a part of your day. There were many nights (MANY) nights where I would have to stay at the client site till later hours, 11-12 am, with nothing to do. This was not a phenomenon only I encountered, this was widespread amongst my peers as well. If you ask for work, they give you nothing to do, but expect you to stay. I think this is a scheme to overcharge the client. Fill up billable hours and charge client for overages. There were times we would work on Saturdays even if we had no work to do, no support from the client. When you ask the senior why, the response, because the manager wants us in the office. Tone at the top, loud and annoying with lots of gibberish. Be prepared for a lot of, why am i doing this? Because this is how we do it and i said so. You're better off going to a Big 4. I have friends calling and texting me how much they hate it all the time. So happy I left.

4.0

Mar 25, 2015

BDO Seattle

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The office has a great team environment.

Cons

Tough market to grow in with other mid-sized firms.

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