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Income Assistant Administrator (Current Employee) – Winnipeg, MB – 4 April 2018
Good place to work for, Directions are clear and concise. Long hours with optional flex time. Good direction from managers and directors. Good staff and good working atmosphere.
Pros
busy workplace
Cons
Contract work is unpredictable.
Productive fast paced environment.
Administrative Assistant/Office Services (Current Employee) – Markham, ON – 9 April 2018
Honest communication: Heard a lot of complaints and gossip among peers, but nobody even dares to speak the truth because they're afraid of offending the superiors. The employee always sweet-talks / give feedback to superior with what superior would like to hear, which is totally not the facts. A lot of issues are swept under the carpet, everybody is avoiding honest communication just to survive their job and most of them think is useless as the management will not care.
Pros
A lot of employee parties
Relevant experience
Valuations Analyst (Former Employee) – Edmonton, AB – 11 March 2018
I was a co-op student here in the Valuations practice. It was a great learning experience while I was still attending school. I am still considering returning for full time employment after graduation.
Compared to the BIG 4 , I found more work life balance
Senior Accountant (Current Employee) – Mississauga – 11 March 2018
Compared to the BIG 4 , I found more work life balance. It was a good start for me, The people there are friendly and was able to easily adapt to the work environment
Great partners, but not enough pay for work
Accountant (Former Employee) – BC – 25 February 2018
The partners at the office were great. However, the pay was well below competitive (i.e. techs starting in low $30K range, CPAs in mid $40K range). When asked about raises, partners always explained how they had little control over salaries, as it was up to BDO national. This made it frustrating, as you could never get a straight answer about future raises or promotion. Overall, being a "National firm" was more frustrating then rewarding. In addition, BDO has been notorious for changing pay structures. Therefore, be aware that you may not ever see any benefit for overtime.
Pros
Great partners and coworkers
Cons
Terrible pay
Great workplace
Staff Accountant in Audit & Advisory (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 23 January 2018
As an intrermediate staff accountant in Audit & Advisory, I performed NTR, review, and audit engagements for private companies. I developed skills in analyzing financial statements and performing audit procedures to assess company operations and bookkeeping.
A good professional work environment
Consultant (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 9 December 2017
I was based at the British Energy Toronto office where I was responsible for the financial reporting to the UK. Worked in an environment with senior management who gave you the freedom to implement systems to make this office compliant with the UK office
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Senior Accounting Technician (Current Employee) – Markham, ON – 25 September 2017
High manager to staff ratio; all work is pushed on to staff. Managers would love you to work 24hrs a day if they could. Work environment is good but staff are just treated as work horses. Salary is not competitive, benefits are expensive. Very little sense of belonging, lacks company culture
Cons
Long hours, no job security
Flexible time, load of benefits
Financial Advisor (Current Employee) – canada – 22 September 2017
Being a Financial advisor and part of sales team is one of my dream job, because it enhance my communication skills and improve my way of thinking. The best part of it, I was able to give help to other people by giving them advice and helping them with their financial needs.
Pros
flexible time
Cons
high but attainable target per year
Unprofessional
Business Analyst (Contract) (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 18 September 2017
Managers doesn't understand the 'people manager' part of their role. They're stuck in doing sub-par tasks. Projects are run on a whim, no process or governance is in place. Management at all levels is immature and unprofessional. They're not very flexible in work hour schedule. They expect you to come in at the same time everyday, take a one hour lunch, their work from home option is only available after being working there for a year and Flex days are sometime skipped if it lands on an holiday (working an hour extra every day to get every other Monday or Friday off). They're very micromanaging and are transparent with their lack of care for employee retention.
Pros
easy to coast and no consequences for missed deadlines
Cons
Unprofessional, old world, micromanaging
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Senior Administrative Assistant (Former Employee) – Edmonton, AB – 17 September 2017
Great place to work in Edmonton office before expansions/mergers started to happen. Culture changed at that point. Unable to really provide a review as have not worked there for a number of years and I am sure things have changed quite a bit.
Great Place to Work
Senior Accountant, US Tax (Current Employee) – Waterloo, ON – 14 September 2017
The people are wonderful. The training is lacking, but those around you are always willing to step in and show you the ropes if required. There is a team environment for sure. You will not feel left on your own, there is always someone willing to help you. The work/life balance is great for a big firm, but the salary and benefits are not competitive enough in comparison to other firms.
Pros
Great enviroment
Cons
Long hours
Well rounded experience
Staff Accountant, Accounting & Assurance (Former Employee) – Red Deer, AB – 6 September 2017
BDO offered lots of exposure to various clients, industries, scope of work and working close with clients as many of them were small-midsized companies and a good mix of private, public, and NPO clients and related tax work. Great starting point for anyone seeking a career in accounting as CPA.
Pros
Work culture
Cons
Work-life balance
Great people, collaborative open-plan environment
Team Lead (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 28 August 2017
Great people, many of which have been with the firm over an extended period of time, Collaborative, open-plan work-space. Flexible working program could be improved.