Misleading Recruitment; toxic/blame culture - Senior Manager BDO Employee Review

1.0
Mar 23, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Absolutely none. Waste of my life.

Cons

Recruiters and Partners lied about training opportunities, wages, and development during interview phase. "Throw under the bus" culture, with no accountability for Directors or Partners. Hostile work environment condoned by HR. HR ignored harassment complaints from several team members regarding a Director, and even helped cover up for it. Accessed my 401(k) over a month after separation. Public accounting is hard, but you can do better than BDO. Know your worth and go somewhere that is willing to train and has integrity as a core value.

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Cons

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2.0
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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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