BDO reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(10,323 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 10,323 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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1.0
Dec 22, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Laid back atmosphere for the most part. Felt like it was impossible to get fired, unless you were in and admin/hr/support position. Most were friendly, although there was definitely that "B" team awkwardness feel too. If you're a female they'd love to promote you to partner, especially a good looking one, but def even the not so good looking ones. You will not work a lot.

Cons

You will not learn a lot. Firm is very cheap. From happy hours to reimbursement dinners ($10) this is no big four. Worked in both audit and consulting and can tell you the partners must view themselves as the "B" team when it comes to pricing engagements, so cheap, they have to be a cheap firm. They're aquiring small firms with a "c" team intelligence level. You fell like no one knows a damn thing around there in general. There were a handful of intelligent people I worked with, but it was slim, maybe 5%. PTO and benefits were definitely lacking. My PTO was 16 days total. They are open Christmas eve, not a very Christian oriented company. Pay was way under market as stop performer, I left for a 28% raise to a competitor and received an additional 10 PTO days. Some partners were so awkward you wonder how they could ever bring in business.

2.0
Oct 21, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Large organization, well known brand, good internal marketing opportunities, good location, part of international organization, cool winter break, cool commercials on tv.

Cons

Cliquey, good core values are ignored/over-looked by senior management. Every-man-for-himself cuture. Heavy workload with no let up. Broken promises, don't keep their word, moving goals.

4.0
Aug 16, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great for Personal Growth and Excellent Training Program! E-learning is provided and professional membership fee is paid for! Computerized Process During Work! And they buy you a new laptop just for your usage! Promotions paths are laid out for you! As long you performed what you are expected to do each year, You will definitely be promoted each year. There are performance bonus based on how efficiently you complete your assigned task. And it ranged from 500-2000 based on your current positions.

Cons

Overtime is expected and No Off and Cash Incentive is provided for it. Annual Leaves cannot be en-cashed or carried forward each year

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