Very short staffed and no learning. Horrible management. - Senior Tax Accountant BDO Employee Review

2.0
Nov 10, 2021
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Pros

Mid size, smaller clients. Flex plans available if granted.

Cons

1. No manager or seniors to teach and support. You either self learn or learn form other staff. 2. No trainings. Only national training which are pre- recorded. 3. Lack of empathy. 4. No sick days. 5. No room to grow. Growth is stagnant as there is no focus on it at all. 6. Lack of regular feedbacks. No way to improve if no feedbacks are given. 7. Merger with new regional company has added pressure on existing employees. 8. No focus on well-being or mental health. Management does not care if you worked overtime on deadline weeks. No extra time off to comp for overworked weeks before deadline. 9. No courtesy lunch or dinners provided during busy season. 10. Lack of team development. 11. Blame culture. 13. No 401k match for first year. 14. No profit sharing or bonus. 15. No transparency on pay scale or bonus if offered.

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Cons

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2.0
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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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