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      Do not work here - see cons - Manager BDO Employee Review

      1.0
      28 Mar 2021
      Manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      You will learn a lot.

      Cons

      Firm has been winning a lot of clients which results in long hours and busy season being extended significantly beyond the traditional busy season. Naturally people quit which means those of us who continue to stay are worked much harder. Partners pay lip service to the need to take PTO but don't allow for any time in which to do so. Pay is not competitive at all.

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      BDO Response
      5y
      Really sorry to see your experience and feeling so negative. We do use market data to base competitive compensation. Of course we all want to win new clients (who wants to work at a firm who doesn't?) but agree we must balance the workload to allow for a healthy work/life fit. If anyone doesn't allow you to take your earned PTO with reasonable planning for it, let me know.

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      5.0
      11 May 2026
      Tax manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Flexible work schedule and great leadership

      Cons

      Workload sometimes is a lot, but that is normal for the industry.

      2.0
      5 Jun 2026
      Specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      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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