Toxic culture with long hours and low pay - Anonymous employee BDO Employee Review

1.0
Apr 30, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I cannot think of 1 pro lol.

Cons

Long hours because work in international Demanding people People who have only ever worked at BDO not open to new ideas and other ways of working Boring as hell Rude staff Not friendly If you don’t understand something straight away they look at you like you’re stupid 1 mistake and it’s like the end of the world Blame culture Managers throw you under the bus Don’t get paid enough Sell you a dream of travel Constantly moving goal post for success WFH - is terrible, you take an extra 2 mins away from your desk and you get calls and texts Not flexible at all. Don’t care about your work life balance unless you yourself are a manager.

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Learn good accounting concepts and people are nice.

Cons

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Pros

There actually are great people, but you play manager roulette.

Cons

BDO is notorious for promoting people who just never leave. The middle of the road, not great, not awful, people get promoted over and over again. There have been changes every 3 seconds since the ESOP. Terrible communication around change (non-existent). My manager's favorite term was "We are building the plane as we fly it". After 4 years, I was hoping to have more plane built. It was never built.

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