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      Best firm in Grand Rapids, MI - Tax Senior Associate BDO Employee Review

      5.0
      15 Nov 2014
      Tax senior associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Extremely flexible and laid back atmosphere. Everyone works together as a team. Partners and management are approachable and willing to answer questions. The technical expertise in the office is vast and the willingness to develop and teach staff and seniors is clearly evident. The career advisor program works great. If you have an area of tax that you would like to focus on, management does their best to get you exposure and opportunities. The culture of the office is great and management is whole heartedly embracing the new core values, not just giving lip service. The office is growing and there is limitless opportunity. It is the best CPA firm to work for in West Michigan. Learning and growth focus with extremely intelligent and knowledgeable people to teach, broad client base, and a client service focus is making BDO the place to be. People who know, know BDO!

      Cons

      Naturally, the hours during busy season can be difficult. However, what is great is that management has recognized this and they are actually doing something about it. As the office has been growing like a weed, seating has been getting tight leading to creative solutions.

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      BDO Response
      11y
      Wow; thank you for sharing these fantastic comments. I suspect your optimism and energy is an important part of what is making BDO Grand Rapids a great place to work!

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      5.0
      11 May 2026
      Tax manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Flexible work schedule and great leadership

      Cons

      Workload sometimes is a lot, but that is normal for the industry.

      1.0
      22 Jun 2026
      Experienced senior associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      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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