Great but Sometimes Frustrating Place to Work - Proposal Specialist BDO Employee Review

3.0
25 Mar 2016
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Pros

*Fair Compensation and Benefits *Excellent work/life balance policies and time off around holidays *Great coworkers both locally and nationwide Overall BDO is generally a very fair employer and I would recommend them to anyone looking for a job in this industry and this city.

Cons

I want to preface this by saying my department was in a state of flux the entire time I was with BDO and I don't believe my experience is representative of the company as a whole, especially for the actual accounting and audit side of things. *Little to no useful training and ill-defined job parameters *Non-existant formal feedback from managers *Unclear path of advancement *Feel left out of the big picture--little sense of direction or goals as a lower-tier employee I came to BDO through a merger as part of the acquired company's marketing team. Upon acquisition the new leadership left our job roles largely undefined for several months and assigned us a manager who was soon promoted to a different position. While I believe the company is going through growing pains and figuring things out, ultimately the leadership in my department felt very disorganized.

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1.0
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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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