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    BDO Reviews

    Updated 17 October 2017
    644 reviews

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    BDO Global CEO Martin Van Roekel
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    18 Ratings

    644 Employee Reviews

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    • Work life balance not too good from audit perspective but it is the norm in the industry (in 35 reviews)

    • Long hours during busy season, but that is the same as every other large firm (in 67 reviews)

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    1. "Good environment working place"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Good colleagues, good working environment

      Cons

      No career progression and limited opportunities to grow as an individual.

      Advice to Management

      -

    2. "Losing its way"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at BDO full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      A nice main London office in a nice West End location
      A reasonable degree of recognition of personal individuality
      Strong current emphasis on embracing digital technology
      Reasonable work / life balance

      Cons

      Increasingly faceless and corporate
      Big 4 working practices like hotdesking without Big 4 pay and benefits
      A weak HR function and Partners who ride roughshod over official HR practices to condone and cover up inappropriate behaviour
      Do as I say not as I do Partner culture
      Years of no real increase pay rises and promotions without meaningful increases and no apparent plans to change that as profits surge
      Obsession with cost cutting rather than increasing working efficiency and productivity

      Advice to Management

      Wake up and think about your people - we’re not robots and there’s less keeping us with you than you think

    3. "Review"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Audit Trainee in London, England
      Former Employee - Audit Trainee in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at BDO full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Balance Work-Personal Life - Very Good

      Cons

      Salary and slowly career progression

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    4. "Insight Day"

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      • Culture & Values
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      Pros

      Gained an insight into the various business areas of the company.
      Got face time with a range of employees in various functional areas of the business.

      Cons

      Relatively Short Experience (ended at 3pm). Didn't go into depth in the M&A Advisory side of the business (which the majority of applications were interested in).

    5. "Insight Day"

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      Former Employee - Student Assistant in London, England
      Former Employee - Student Assistant in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I worked at BDO (More than a year)

      Pros

      Fantastic staff, very approachable and always willing to answer questions.

      Cons

      No apparent negatives of the insight day.

    6. "BDO London"

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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Project Manager in London, England
      Current Employee - Project Manager in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at BDO full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Structured career progression.
      Free fruit and breakfast, Christmas and Easter present.
      Relaxed and friendly atmosphere
      Reasonable hours
      Baker Street good location
      Partners very approachable

      Cons

      Limited but structured bonus
      Office building is poorly designed
      Not generally known outside accountants

      Advice to Management

      Could probably save some money doing less of the in-house branding and the BUILD nonsense

    7. "Great company!"

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      Current Employee - Analyst in London, England
      Current Employee - Analyst in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at BDO full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Collaborative working culture
      Great working hours
      Fun team

      Cons

      Outside of the core service lines, there are lots of different, small teams, so the working culture can differ across the firm

      Advice to Management

      Too many appraisals

    8. "Great Company to Work For"

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      Former Employee - Senior Associate in London, England
      Former Employee - Senior Associate in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at BDO full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good supportive team, plenty of new projects to get involved in

      Cons

      Nothing significant, though perhaps the review process is a bit slow

    9. "Good firm to work for"

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      Current Employee - Tax Senior in London, England
      Current Employee - Tax Senior in London, England

      I have been working at BDO (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Good hours, and good working environment

      Cons

      Clients are smaller than big 4

    10. "Interesting"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at BDO full-time

      Pros

      Great team , nice office, good location, free breakfast in the mornings, great work life balance, I feel like I am heard.

      Cons

      Technologically behind, some office politics

      Advice to Management

      Make the company more transparent to it's employees and scrap the bandings

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