I must say I feel embarrassed to have put in so much time and effort during my 6 months probationary period. At no point during my time with the company were there any indications of any underperformance, in-fact, the feedback I received was overwhelmingly positive. Fast forward 4 weeks and my contract is terminated for reasons that were unobtainable at the time due to workload, and reasons that were very contradictory to positive feedback I had received just weeks before.
It is clear from reading other glassdoor reviews that BDO have a culture of hiring team members on full time permanent contracts only to terminate you just before the 6 months mark. At no point was I given any constructive feedback or metrics to even give me any indication that I may not be kept on after my probation, leaving me in a very worrying uncertain period with a mortgage to pay.
I will be appealing this decision, even though they know the law and I don’t really have a chance. I think their management need to have a conscience check and have a long hard think about how they are treating people. I do not reccomend working at BDO.