BDO Reviews

Pros

Flexible and good social

Cons

Time stresses during busy seasons

Pros

Progression and reward fir hard work Reward Support Young Social Five

Cons

Long hours Poor clients Quality of staff

Pros

1) Most of the people I have worked with in my team and those outside of my team I would consider as genuine friends. You are bound to meet some great people! 2) Some really good opportunities for secondments within BDO both nationally and internationally and to external clients. I was able to do a secondment internally and to a client in my three years at the firm. 3) The training you get when you first join... and additional classes that you can book on to are first class. A lot of emphasis on personal growth and emotional intelligence too which I think is good to see. 4) If you are good enough you can progress in the firm very quickly. This is true across all streams from what I have seen. 5) Opportunities for flexible working and 3 o clock finishes on Friday provided you have completed your contractual hours. 6) ‘Dress for your day’ in the Leeds office. I.e. dress down all the time. 7) National football tournament held every year for male and female teams including a night out which is very fun. 8) There is a gift card scheme (£75 lifestyle voucher), quarterly awards (reward being £250-£1000) and annual spotlight awards (not sure about the reward size). 9) Plenty of others but think that should do for now!

Cons

1) Within Risk Advisory (and other streams e.g. Audit) there is a LOT of travel (about 80% out of the office) and there is often a lot of last minute changes of the clients you get booked to. 2) HR handled my leaving arrangements appallingly. If there was one reason why my review is 3/5 stars and not higher, this is it. 3) There is not a lot going on in the Leeds office outside of Audit and Tax. Wanted to... changes roles initially but not much on offer. 4) The client base in Risk Advisory Services North West is VERY dull. 5) The salary is poor compared to industry and Big4. 6) Senior management think the firm are starting to get the edge on the Big4 but this isn’t really reflected in the revenue growth and client base. 7) BDO has a TOIL policy but whether you get to actually use it depends on the stream you are in and your managers. 8) No annual bonus.

Pros

Great atmosphere, nice offices, interesting work

Cons

Slow progression, have to do the ACA despite job discipline - had no relevance to risk.

Pros

Team environment Access to any support required Good pay package

Cons

Poor professional qualifications team Unequal promotions across the various tax teams

Pros

Work life balance, pay, benefits

Cons

Not much structured training available

Pros

Good culture, and overtime payments

Cons

Hard exam failure policy within the firm

Pros

Lots of responsibilities within company

Cons

Audit gets boring not just at BDO