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    Found 1637 reviews

    3.4
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    66%
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    81%
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    BDO CEO Martin Van Roekel
    Martin Van Roekel
    119 Ratings
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    1. "Great company"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Administrative Assistant in Brisbane

      I worked at BDO full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Great working environment Fantastic colleagues & teams

      Cons

      Longer hours expected to meet billable targets

      BDO2019-10-03

    2. "Great learning experience"

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      Current Employee - Analyst 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at BDO full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Great people to work with

      Cons

      Clients less high profile

      BDO2019-09-02
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    3. "Abandon Ship - Get Gone. Mismanaged company."

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      Former Employee - Applications Support Specialist in Melbourne
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I worked at BDO full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      For BDO Global: non-leadership personnel are wonderful - experts in their field, great to work with. This is the only perk.

      Cons

      This review is relevant to the IT arm of BDO International, BDO Global. BDO Global is the most mismanaged organization I have ever worked with. This was previously a global team, but in the past year they have shuttered two out of the 4 offices. As in laid everyone off. Leadership since the company's "reinvention" in 2015 is horrid. The company budgets so poorly (please mind that BDO is an accounting firm by... trade) that they routinely run out of operational funds less than halfway through the year. They compensate and balance the books by laying off staff or forcing employees to leave for other jobs. You will be overworked and overallocated. You will get no support from leadership, despite them making promises on what you can deliver. Your concerns will be dismissed if you raise them. Leadership stopped actively seeking feedback in 2019 (likely as they didn’t like what they were hearing).

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      Advice to Management

      Clean house from leadership on up. Your infrastructure will melt down sooner than later with how they are running things. The culture at the main office in Eindhoven is toxic and power-hungry. You need better oversight and better quality leaders.

      BDO2019-08-24

    4. "Accounting firm"

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      Former Employee - Accountant 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at BDO full-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Great people to work with

      Cons

      Timesheets and billable hours are frustrating

      BDO2019-07-10

    5. "Senior"

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      Current Employee - Audit Senior 

      I have been working at BDO full-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Easy to work with them.

      Cons

      Easy to travel to the places

      BDO2019-06-13

    6. "Good"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Former Employee - Accounting Assistant 

      I worked at BDO part-time for more than a year

      Pros

      - really great team - awesome work place culture

      Cons

      - very structured and kept planning long term goals (eg. in 5 years time)

      BDO2019-05-26
    7. Helpful (1)

      "Good culture and career progression"

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      Former Employee - Senior Analyst in Perth, Western Australia
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I worked at BDO full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      great team with interesting projects

      Cons

      poor compensation, too much responsibility early

      BDO2019-06-06
    8. Helpful (1)

      "Accountant"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Former Employee - Accountant 

      I worked at BDO part-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Good culture, great work functions

      Cons

      Poor management, got let go because I was entry level and someone had to be blamed

      BDO2019-06-05

    9. "Great working culture + interesting clients"

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      Former Employee - Consultant 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at BDO full-time

      Pros

      Friday social drinks, social club, decent hours

      Cons

      Pat starts off very low, however it gets better after a few years

      BDO2019-04-14

    10. "Supportive culture and great learning experience"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Sydney
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I worked at BDO full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      - great learning for tax - supportive team including partners and managers - good work culture for feedback

      Cons

      - clients less high profile - slower promotions - less high profile engagement - less global network to big 4

      Advice to Management

      - better promotion opportunities - international secondment - more m&a and advisory work

      BDO2019-04-05
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