BDO reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(10,386 total reviews)

Pat Kramer and Peter van Laer

74% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

BDO has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 10,386 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BDO employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Jan 4, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- New Office with great amenities and location - Employee benefits and compensation are competitive - Happy hours and firm events

Cons

- Extremely poor leadership in Minneapolis office, all the way from partners down to managers. - Zero work-life balance - Lots of office politics to contend with even as a first year associate. Staff above you will throw you under the bus at the nearest opportunity to make themselves look competent. - Associates are instructed to eat hours to boost the bottom line. - Open office concept great in theory but does not work well in practice. - Established internal processes for preparing returns are poorly implemented and generally not followed. - Pointless meetings that are ran very inefficiently and take up valuable work time. - Mentoring is almost non existent and usually turns out to be detrimental to your career if you do not offer the right feedback and praise local firm leadership.

1.0
Oct 6, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A lot less red tape compared to larger firms, so internal admin processes such as client acceptances are quickly executed.

Cons

A lot less red tape compared to larger firms, so there is no accountability at the partner level whatsoever. Standards vary and are very low in all aspects (client deliverable, technical expertise, staff training, technology, etc.). Fees are deeply discounted to win new work and partners have no shame about openly and directly pressuring staff to eat hours and cutting corners in order for them to profit from the deeply discounted projects. It's a desperate environment that encourages unethical behaviors.

1.0
Jun 26, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There is nothing good here.

Cons

I was part of the SS&G buyout. I wonder how many of those partners now regret how they voted. You are overworked, underpaid and completely unappreciated. They brag about their culture but it is a hostile work environment. That get rid of quality people to boost their bottom line. High turnover is laughable. They are a joke in the accounting industry. I could go on for days.

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