Worst public accounting firm - Assurance Senior Manager BDO Employee Review

1.0
May 15, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Good in training for business development skillsets.

Cons

- Partners to not know how to audit. Every test is an inefficient test of details. - Very office-centric type engagement economics. There is no visibility to other offices in the South Florida area. - No room to grow. For example, there has been no partner promotion in over 10 years, and they a good amount of seniors who should be manager, and are not. - Leadership only looks out for themselves, and has no plans on growing the practice. - They do not grow organically, only through acquisitions. The recent acquisition was handled poorly, as seen through the resignations from the acquired firm. - National office looks down on the South Florida practice, as the partners clearly do not stay up to date with the latest auditing/accounting literature. - Partners would rather over test than perform an educated audit test that can show efficiencies and effectiveness in achieving the audit objective. - Partners are critical about everyone else, except their own performance. They take no accountability.

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Pros

Consultants were not overworked, and people are generally staying in their own lane. Strong knowlegeable teammates and lots of internal resources to grow. Work life balance was good.

Cons

I left during a time of transition, since the top practice director retired and the EBA leader took over as interim leader. This interim guy seemed to be waiting for something to take any action with current resources, and he was not too interested in rallying or figuring things out as a team. If he had expectations, they were never communicated to me. The lack of clarity was very challenging for me personally, and it came off as a lack of support. I think others in the team probably feel similarly.

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