BDO reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(10,325 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 10,325 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 21, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits and vacation time and other time off. Really great group of colleagues who help each other out. Office is accessible to transit.

Cons

They don't care about staff who aren't accountants. Poor salary increases and overall treatment. Little opportunity for advancement. No support for education.

1.0
Nov 6, 2016

Could be better

Recommend
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Pros

It is a good place to get qualified and gain exposure to a lot of different businesses and assignments. One of the two partners in the office is very good and approachable etc. The other tends to bark orders across the office, pick a favourite member of staff to constantly talk to and praise and give the better assignments to which is unfortunate (he does change favourites every now and then so if you are not the current favourite you might be picked next time).

Cons

There is a lot of gossip, backstabbing and rumours which the managers tend to be involved with which isn't very professional. Unfortunately this can significantly affect peoples performance appraisals which are largely based on peoples opinions of staff as oppose to facts which for those that the managers have taken a dislike to can be pretty demotivating particularly if you have put in a lot of extra hours to finish jobs properly and don't get any credit for it. I have always been fine but I know someone who this happened to a lot and in the end the managers told them that they shouldn't put in extra hours anymore because the ratings given were just for the person really. In my opinion this is outrageous and undermines the feeling of success others might get from doing well if the managers are happy to tell you outright that their process is unfair. Long working hours when you start to senior audits. Staff turnover among qualified staff is very high.

1.0
Sep 9, 2016

Second Rate Firm

Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are good, although "vacation" and "flex" time are largely fictional. There are some good managers and you do learn a lot.

Cons

Poor compensation, long hours, no appreciation from management, awful culture, pretend "flex" time. BDO targets clients on their downturn with solvency issues or scandals. Very few quality clients.

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