One of the worst place to work in - Anonymous employee BDO Employee Review

1.0
May 21, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

If you are badly in need of a job

Cons

HR is a mess, they have a employment bond policy of 18 months to prevent high turnover rates in short terms. Management is extremely short sighted, and only care about their bottom lines and margins. Company instills a lot of punitive policies to punish employee to desired actions rather than work to create a better environment to make people stay. Pay is bad, below market average, and they have no plans to work on it. They claim that there is no point paying better as people are always leaving. All in all, it is a bad place to grow one's career. Firm is not interested in helping people grow, and always complain that employees are too picky even though that the firm is not offering any competitive rewards at all.

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Pros

Not everyone will be your person, but the ones who are, you'll keep them for life. The intensity of the work forges real bonds. When you go through the grind together, those friendships/mentorship stick long after you've moved on. Same goes for upper management.

Cons

During busy season (approx Jan to April), 40 hours is a floor, not a ceiling, and that's pretty standard for firms of this type. On the consulting side, you're constantly juggling multiple clients with overlapping deadlines, so if time management isn't your strong suit, you'll feel it fast. Compensation is solidly middle-of-the-road; don't expect it to wow you.

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