Sinking on a top heavy ship, don't drink the Kool Aid - Associate BDO Employee Review

2.0
Feb 13, 2022
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Pros

Pay is okay, still low. Great and reasonably priced medical, dental, and vision benefits! Nice cafe/kitchen area, excellent admin staff!

Cons

Horrible hours in a company that is trying so hard to be part of the Big 4 club, but also claim to have the "smaller firm" atmosphere. There is so much bureaucracy, getting even the smallest thing in place takes months or gets lost. The manager to associate ratio is almost 1:1 with little to no communication between managers over which projects are assigned to whom. You won't really be able to use the great medical benefits until you have a complete breakdown, heart attack, or your medical needs happen to coincide with the ever diminishing "slow" season. Speaking of slow season, be ready to beg for work everyday to try to reach your still required 40 hours (actual with a goal of 35-40 billable).

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 22, 2026
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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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