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Great ambiance with lots of work to do.
Filing Clerk (Former Employee), Montreal, QC – January 11, 2013
Pros: free pizza once a month and multiple breaks.
Cons: waking up early.
A typical day would be to set up the catering for meetings throughout the day. Then, I would have to go replace the secretary during her break and lunch. If there was no catering to do during the day, I would organize the filing cabinet.
I learned to be ultra organized and how to create a cocktail event within budget..
Management was very helpful and – more... always there when I needed help.
My co-workers were great. Always there to assist me. They were all hilarious.
Hardest part of the job was waking up at 4am in the morning.
Most enjoyable part of the job was seeing my co-workers and seeing how I was assisting them. – less
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Poorly run Company
SBG (Former Employee), Burlington, ON – October 18, 2012
Cons: long hours; terrible management;
I invested a couple years of my life into the Burlington Office. This is a very disorganized, unencouraging, depressing office with no staff morale. They promote based on amount of time worked there, not quality of workmanship. So while someone is overqualified for a management position, a lesser individual will get it if they were hired before you. – more... If you aren't involved in the Audit side of the Firm, forget about the Partners caring about you. The Small Business Group, Tax and Administrative Departments are run by monkeys. The Managers/Supervisors of the above are a joke whom are unhelpful, and have very little knowledge of what their staff do. The Firm caters to Partners, Audit Managers and Audit staff. Job security is virtually non-existant in this office. I saw countless hard-working staff in every department lose their jobs because the Partners could not hold clients. There is unrest in the Administrative department due to people who have worked their too long and won't change their ways. If you're a young professional in this office - forget about voicing your opinions, ideas for the firm. Under the age of 35 and they don't care about you. Compensation is significantly lower than that of other firms and they justify this on the economy. Having an issue with work/personal/coworker? Need to talk to HR? Forget about it. The two HR people at the Burlington and Mississauga office (they work between both offices) do not assist in any way at all. They will give attitude to anyone who brings an issue their way because they don't want to deal with it. Overall BDO might be a good place to work in other offices, but I would be careful about Mississauga and Burlington. I personally saw too many horror stories in both offices to know that these two offices at least, are not ones that you would want to make a career out of. Good luck to those who try this out!!!! Prepare for disappointment with this joke of a corporation!!! – less
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Tyrrel – October 23, 2012

I agree with the comments noted about BDO Mississauga and Burlington being poorly managed. There is a disconnect between the partners themselves. There are staff at both locations that have been at BDO for a long time and are comfortable with their jobs as they are protected by the partners they work for - and know it. They care about themselves and their "pets". The HR people are two faced and all for senior management ie partners. They act ike they are listening and able to assist with any issues, but then go running the head partners divuldging what you think is a confidential meeting. The two offices have senior administrators who do nothing but complain about their workload to their partners. If they are not happy they go running to the partner they do work for and cry fowel. The rumour mill is a joke. This organization needs to do ome house cleaning starting with the administrators and work their way up to the senior level. I would NEVER recommend BDO as an accounting source to anyone I know! Don't waste your time if you are contemplating a job with the BDO Burlington or Mississauga office.

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If I was to do it over, I wouldn't have worked there.
Staff (Former Employee), Ontario – June 1, 2012
Pros: job security
Cons: everything else
I came from a bigger accounting firm and in comparison, the big 4 firms are much better managed. Its not a great environment to advance your career, middle management is full of people with no advancement prospects and no interest in helping you succeed. Four stars for job security as they can't seem to keep people so you don't have to worry about losing – more... your job. – less
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Tyrrel – November 5, 2012

Long hours, very little recognition, no support from partners or senior managers, unorganized... are some of the issues with working at BDO. High turn over of staff as they cannot seem to retain good people. I would not recommend working for BDO. The other 4 accounting firms are better managed, more supportive, recognize hard working staff, realistic work hours and compensation, work, life, balance!

Tyrrel – November 8, 2012

I worked at the Mississauga office for over 2 years and found the culture of the company is not consistant with how things are really run in the firm. The firm is not well managed, process is not streamlined and some of the partners are very unprofessional. There is a lot of favouratism and if you do not play the game, you are a target. There is such a huge disconnect between partners and the staff. Manager are expected to work long hours and hope that a bonus will be given... think again. The administrators of the firm are a joke. All they do is complain about work, take 2 hours lunches and talk behind everyones backs. Can you say "two faces"? I have ard it first hand many times. I would not recommend working for BDO or at least the Mississauga office. Lack of loyality, work long hours and not be rewarded, no respect, lots of promises and no support from parners - all they want is to make sure they get their share of profits, selfish.

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Outgoing, innovative, very challenging company. with high expectations and fun work place
Filling Clerk (Former Employee), San Juan, Puerto Rico – May 6, 2013
Pros: very liveral work place and co-workers where always willing to lend a hand
Cons: management team was to busy to hear employees positive views for growth and service improvement
Great co-workers every body is willing to help others, the management crew was very positive in seeing progress and achievements with quality work. My day's at work were challenging, fun, every day a new task and goal.

There where no hard days, except for the tax seasson. I loved the job and all the people within it. It was a great experience, I learn – more... allot related with the accounting area. Every day goal, achievements and fun times with good people. – less
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Associate (Current Employee), McLean, VA – April 30, 2013
Pros: pays above average
Cons: terminations without communicating with the survivors.
BDO is on the fast track to become a big company. They are actively acquiring firms with little or no regard to the culture or success of the company they acquire. The operating budget post-acquisition is so close to the bone they won't spend a penny on anything from pens to heating/ac. They monitor every moment, every penny and would rather control – more... than promote. The result is a culture that is oppressive, negative and with no incentive. – less
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BDO Summary
Assurance Associate (Current Employee), Los Angeles, CA – April 9, 2013
BDO is a good organization to work for if you are pursuing a career as a CPA. The firm encourages and assists their employees to obtain their CPA or higher education.
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Productive
Tax Filling Clerk (Former Employee), North Parktown, Gauteng – January 9, 2013
Key Performance Indicators
. Attend to incoming mail from SARS on a daily basis.
. Daily capturing of all incoming mail on ACCFIN including IT34 assessments during peak periods.
. Distributing of mail to tax admin consultants.
. Timeous processing of receipts from SARS (payments on accounts and provisional).
. Ensure all incoming correspondence and – more... documents are filed on a regulary basis and kept up to date (safekeeping of information).
. Efficiently filling system-ensure filing is kept in files and filed correctly.
. Easy information retrieval with regards to client info and documents. (Metro files).
. Ensure that requested information/files are delivered on time and efforts to locate miss placed/filed documents.
. Assisting staff on retrieving files and documents. – less
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Depends on who you work with
Tax Manager (Former Employee), San Francisco, CA – November 1, 2012
Stress rolls downhill to managers
Some partners better organized than others
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If I can start over, I would never come work here!
Tax Associate (Former Employee), New York, NY – September 3, 2012
The work hours is very long, a lot of time including weekend. People I worked with was great but the management was bad, no communication between all levels. You don't learn much from your superior. They do mico management on all staff everyday and the work distribution between staffs are very uneven. Some people might have all the chargeable hours – more... and some may have nothing to do. Not much of cultural environment within the company. The managers and partners won't appreciate you even if you do extra work then other people. Even if you are the only one help out when everyone else don't wanna help at all. There is no group spirit because they know no one will appreciate your hard works! – less
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tight scheduled work place
consultant (Former Employee), mumbai – August 30, 2012
- very busy
- broking audit (client place edelweiss)
- gud
- hardworking
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Great place to work that encourages you to live your life outside of work!
Learning Solutions Designer (Former Employee), Grand Rapids, MI – August 21, 2012
Pros: payday treats, starbucks coffee, friendly atmosphere, comprehensive benefits
Environment that encourages you to work hard while allowing you time to live your life outside of work. Flex-time and working from home enhance this.
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Productive and happy workplace
Internship (Former Employee), Penang, Malaysia – July 6, 2012
Pros: free treats and refresher are provided everyday at any hour.
I was an intern at the company for a very short period of time but i have learnt so many from the massive tasks assigned to me. Although the tasks were simple, i was trained to have greater time management and understand the important of teamwork in order to complete a project.
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Great CPA Firm
Tax Associate (Current Employee), Dallas, TX – May 30, 2012
Excellent CPA firm; great environment and very good place to learn and grow your career.
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Assurance Senior (Former Employee), Houston, TX – April 25, 2012
Great company to work for. Working as an auditor has provided great learning experience.
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Great place to work with great people.
Project Coordinator (Former Employee), Toronto – February 16, 2012
Pros: good location, flex hours.
Cons: contract too short.
The project I was working on was very interesting. The culture and the people were outstanding
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Empresa agradável de se trabalhar. Administração organizada.
Jovem Aprendiz (Former Employee), São Paulo, SP – January 18, 2013
Pros: relacionamento interpessoal em geral e remuneração.
Empresa agradável de se trabalhar.
Cultura que aproxima os funcionários, de perfil democrático.
Administração organizada e efetiva. Oportunidades de crescimento profissional.
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Adquisión de conocimientos sobre todas las areas de la empresa
Auditor Senior (Former Employee), Madrid – November 13, 2012
Pros: buena formacion, adquisión de capacidades técnicas, enseñanza para solventar los problemas, tomar decisiones en los momentos delicados.
Cons: salario inferior al de las big-four, ausencia de seguro privado
Es una gran empresa para iniciarse en la carrera profesional. La continuidad depende de la motivación o vocación personal de cada uno por el mundo de la auditoría financiera, así como de las aptitudes y cualificaciones técnicas exigidas en este campo. BDO es la quinta empresa de auditoría tanto a nivel mundial como nacional. En ella tuve la oportunidad – more... de realizar auditorías de pequeñas y medianas empresas, lo que me permitió conocer el mundo empresarial desde la óptica contable-financiera de una forma más global, analizándo y adquiriendo conocimientos sobre todas las áreas y sus problemáticas y riesgos (Tesorería, Cuentas a cobrar, existencias, inmovilizado, Cuentas a pagar, Impuestos, inversiones financieras, Patrimonio neto, Cuenta de resulltados,...), así como la relaciones existentes entre las mísmas. También tube oportunidad de realizar auditorías de clientes cuya matriz está ubicada en el extranjero, permitiendome realizar y analizar reportings adaptados a la normativa contable internacional. – less
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Uma excelente empresa de auditoria
Trainee (Former Employee), Ribeirão Preto, SP – October 15, 2012
Iniciei minha carreira profissional em controladoria no ano de 2006, quando ingressei na empresa BDO Trevisan Auditores Independentes, a qual permaneci por 1 ano realizando trabalhos de auditoria dos mais variados segmentos e atividades, tais como: planejamento, execução e conclusão dos projetos, desenho e avaliação de controles internos de contas a – more... pagar, contas a receber, estoque, imobilizado e recursos humanos etc. – less
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