Systematic Discrimination - Terrible Place to work - Assistant Manager BDO Employee Review

2.0
Nov 26, 2025
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Pros

Supportive colleagues at junior and mid-levels who genuinely try to help

Cons

- Workload is consistently excessive, with expectations far beyond reasonable capacity. This leads to burnout and an unsustainable work–life balance. - Increasing sense of being undervalued and undercompensated compared with industry benchmarks and the level of responsibility placed on staff. - There is a growing perception of systemic discrimination, especially among people of colour, who often feel overlooked or treated inconsistently compared with peers. - Patterns of behaviour and decision-making create the perception of systemic discrimination, particularly affecting people of colour, who often feel overlooked, unheard, or treated unfairly in comparison to peers. - Limited accountability for poor management practices, contributing to inconsistent treatment and inequitable opportunities for progression. - Diversity and inclusion initiatives feel performative rather than resulting in tangible improvements to employee experience.

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Compensation is OK. There are some really nice people in the organization to work with, but you have to find them.

Cons

If you are not part of the SWC "club" (company name prior to them joining BDO), good luck. Poor leadership!!! Practice lead talks to everyone like they are talking to a CEO, not relatable in most cases. No clear employee development plans. You are held accountable for things completely outside of your individual control. They stress incorporating AI into work strategy, but have no plan on what that looks like or how to do it and want everyone to formulate it because leadership has no roadmap. One has no control over where you want to take your career, yet you are expected to know everything, about everything. As a result, you become an expert of nothing! Work assigned rarely leverages skills, almost as if they throw darts to see who works on what.

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