Thoses should know... - Assurance Senior Associate BDO Employee Review

1.0
Dec 22, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Laid back atmosphere for the most part. Felt like it was impossible to get fired, unless you were in and admin/hr/support position. Most were friendly, although there was definitely that "B" team awkwardness feel too. If you're a female they'd love to promote you to partner, especially a good looking one, but def even the not so good looking ones. You will not work a lot.

Cons

You will not learn a lot. Firm is very cheap. From happy hours to reimbursement dinners ($10) this is no big four. Worked in both audit and consulting and can tell you the partners must view themselves as the "B" team when it comes to pricing engagements, so cheap, they have to be a cheap firm. They're aquiring small firms with a "c" team intelligence level. You fell like no one knows a damn thing around there in general. There were a handful of intelligent people I worked with, but it was slim, maybe 5%. PTO and benefits were definitely lacking. My PTO was 16 days total. They are open Christmas eve, not a very Christian oriented company. Pay was way under market as stop performer, I left for a 28% raise to a competitor and received an additional 10 PTO days. Some partners were so awkward you wonder how they could ever bring in business.

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

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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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