Improving - Tax Associate BDO Employee Review

4.0
4 May 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They have made a real effort to staff up the tax group recently and this past busy season was made much more doable than in the past as a result. Management seems to have a clear vision of where they want to take the firm in the next few years and has made real progress recently. Not the Big 4 in a good way - Partners know your name, understand that you have other options and treat you as someone who adds value to the company. Good camaraderie among staff- if someone is getting overloaded others will try to help if they can.

Cons

Doesn't have name recognition outside the financial world. Exit opportunities not quite what you can get when moving on from Big 4. Pay seems to be lagging behind competitors a bit.

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8 Jun 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
22 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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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