On balance - a good employment proposition with opportunities galore if you have the personality to succeed. - Director BDO Employee Review

4.0
Oct 6, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting range of work with early exposure to responsibility while still receiving the necessary support. Good pragmatic attitude to flexible working - work/life balance for employees is definitely on the agenda. It's give and take however.

Cons

Some weakness at partner level with buck passing and indecisiveness. Lots of politics around status, billings and knee jerking when the financials don't stack up. Periodic 'crack downs' on utilisation, recovery rates etc. Perception that only the partners benefit in good years - not much passed down to employees.

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Pros

Work life balance and range of opportunities

Cons

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2.0
Jun 5, 2026
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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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