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      Medium firm with family feel - Senior Auditor BDO Employee Review

      4.0
      Oct 3, 2014
      Senior auditor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great colleagues, support and, family atmosphere. Better work life balance than big 4 forms, better pay, better attitude. Less seasonality. Working hours are about 50-55 hours, very rarely weekends, drops to 40-50 in off season. (Big 4 would be 60-90 hours, 40 in off season) Smaller clients means more exposure to different areas if a single audit at lower levels.

      Cons

      Not a big 4 firm (in terms of contribution to career) Some of the clients are riskier than you'd get at big 4 firms

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      BDO Response
      11y
      So glad you found the culture and work life fit favorable. These are incredibly important to us and to our ability to retain talent. As for "riskiness" we take our obligation to address financial reporting risks seriously and therefore invest heavily in both training and deep technical resources. Much great learning can be obtained in these dynamic environments!

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      5.0
      Dec 8, 2025
      Associate consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A lot of room to grow and opportunities

      Cons

      Constant funding changes in public sector make for an unstable work environment

      2.0
      Jun 5, 2026
      Specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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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