Pros and Cons - Senior Audit Associate BDO Employee Review

3.0
9 Aug 2025
Recommend
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Pros

1. Good starting point as a fresh grad as you have opportunities to expose to a variety of industries 2. Better salary package, branding and market presence compared to other small audit firms 3. Structured training programs for technical and soft skills

Cons

1. Long hours - Due to staff shortages and the need to manage recovery rates, some managers reduce the allocated hours for each job. This often results in handling 3 to 4 or more engagements simultaneously, creating backlogs as new assignments continue to come in. 2. Toxic management - favoritism, unrealistic expectations 3. Work from home is prohibited 4. 1.5year of employment bond

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1.0
22 Jun 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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