Good, but could make a lot of improvement - Senior Manager, Assurance BDO Employee Review

3.0
Sep 14, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

At the local level it's small, easy to fit in. The software systems, except for a few, are easy to use and help complete the job. Mid-tier is challenging and there's an awful lot to learn. If you put your head down and work you'll probably do pretty well.

Cons

Despite the fact that the firm has been around for 80+ years, the name is not well-recognized by either potential clients or potential employees making networking and recruiting difficult. There's an "every man for himself" type of culture throughout, senior to senior, manager to manager, partner to partner, but especially across business lines. So much so, that I've even heard one partner in one business line refer to others in another business line as "competition". Most business lines don't even know the names of the other employees across business lines and have no clue about what they do. Probably typical of all mid-tier firms, there's an overall sense that the firm just follows the lead of the Big 4.

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Cons

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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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