Bad culture bad exit - Audit Senior BDO Employee Review

1.0
26 Oct 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Hybrid working, free posh coffee, subsidised lunch

Cons

Now they take attendance like in uni , no trust between coworker / just another way to push employee resign for cost cutting. However market is not good and not many people may pay attention to BDO experience , employee also has nowhere to go. Culture is bad, FS audit head left (when a senior partner left and still work in another audit firm then you know how it goes).. while a lot of toxic people (got lucky not being promoted) they then move to big 10 to try again. Overall did not see many people left BDO uk moved to very nice opportunity , mainly still audit unfortunately

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5.0
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Cons

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1.0
22 June 2026
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Pros

Compensation is OK. There are some really nice people in the organization to work with, but you have to find them.

Cons

If you are not part of the SWC "club" (company name prior to them joining BDO), good luck. Poor leadership!!! Practice lead talks to everyone like they are talking to a CEO, not relatable in most cases. No clear employee development plans. You are held accountable for things completely outside of your individual control. They stress incorporating AI into work strategy, but have no plan on what that looks like or how to do it and want everyone to formulate it because leadership has no roadmap. One has no control over where you want to take your career, yet you are expected to know everything, about everything. As a result, you become an expert of nothing! Work assigned rarely leverages skills, almost as if they throw darts to see who works on what.

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