Great company to work for - Senior Audit Manager BDO Employee Review

5.0
7 Nov 2023
Recommend
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Pros

I used to work at a UK big 4 company as a manager for over 5 years. BDO is a breathe of fresh air, really cares about their employees, listens, pays staff equitably, not seen favouritism. BDO don't force you to work from the office, they treat you like an adult and want you to make the decision where is the most effective place for you to work from. I'm no longer in a constant state of anxiety due to the work stress at my previous Big4fim. I am really enjoying BDO and wish I joined them sooner in my career.

Cons

A lot of people want to work in the office so securing a desk needs advance booking, but this is negated by the work from home arrangements.

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Strong team culture and they offered great flexibility throughout the internship.

Cons

High workload during busy season (although that is expected)

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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