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      What to expect from any large public accounting firm: Slow career growth, long hours - Accounting BDO Employee Review

      1.0
      11 Dec 2021
      Accounting
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Working at BDO compares to working for any large public accounting firm. Long work hours (e.g., >100 hrs /week during busy season and anywhere from 60-100+ during “not” busy season) are required.

      Cons

      There is little to no coordination between the partners, meaning everyone below is left to decide which partner they want to disappoint, since delivering quality work on-time to every partner is not possible. Again, pretty typical for this industry. If you’re thinking a job at BDO will be significantly better than a job at [Deloitte, EY, PwC, KPMG, BKD, Andersen, RSM] it probably won’t be, so take your highest paying offer.

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      5.0
      27 May 2026
      Audit manager
      Recommend
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      Business outlook

      Pros

      Work life balance and range of opportunities

      Cons

      Tools available and total pay

      2.0
      5 Jun 2026
      Specialist
      Recommend
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      Business outlook

      Pros

      There actually are great people, but you play manager roulette.

      Cons

      BDO is notorious for promoting people who just never leave. The middle of the road, not great, not awful, people get promoted over and over again. There have been changes every 3 seconds since the ESOP. Terrible communication around change (non-existent). My manager's favorite term was "We are building the plane as we fly it". After 4 years, I was hoping to have more plane built. It was never built.

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