Good network - Poor Resource Management - Experienced Senior Assurance Associate BDO Employee Review

3.0
Dec 17, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- Was able to land a great exit opportunity - Great learning experience - learned a lot from top down - Trainings are informative - national training was a great experience (pre-covid) - Majority of people are really awesome to work with (and hang out). I still keep in touch with many even after leaving the company - Some Managers and Partners willing to dive into trenches during fieldwork when needed

Cons

- Ridiculous long hours on public companies - Seniors are powerless when planning team composition on recurring clients - Pay could be better

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Compensation is OK. There are some really nice people in the organization to work with, but you have to find them.

Cons

If you are not part of the SWC "club" (company name prior to them joining BDO), good luck. Poor leadership!!! Practice lead talks to everyone like they are talking to a CEO, not relatable in most cases. No clear employee development plans. You are held accountable for things completely outside of your individual control. They stress incorporating AI into work strategy, but have no plan on what that looks like or how to do it and want everyone to formulate it because leadership has no roadmap. One has no control over where you want to take your career, yet you are expected to know everything, about everything. As a result, you become an expert of nothing! Work assigned rarely leverages skills, almost as if they throw darts to see who works on what.

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