Meh... - Manager BDO Employee Review

2.0
Apr 27, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very supportive of the WFH life (this might depend on your team and/or office location). Seem to be very supportive of internal transfers based on my own and fellow colleagues' experiences for location and/or position transfers. Decent amount of PTO once you get to the manager level. Work/life balance is heavily promoted, but in reality, it tends to depend on who you work with (I've dealt with MDs texting me at 11pm on a Friday for non-urgent matters, as well as MDs who are very respectful of my time).

Cons

Pay is not competitive. Office politics can be overwhelming at times. Your career progression seems to heavily depend on who you know and where you are physically located, as opposed to skills, merit, and the feedback from those you directly work with. Very top-heavy... not enough staff/seniors and too many directors and MDs who fail to bring in enough work to justify their employment. The standards set for performance ratings and promotions have been wildly inconsistent over the years. The mid-year and year-end performance meetings can be toxic at times and put the rating/promotion inconsistencies on full display.

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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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