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1.0
Jul 15, 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Client size runs from the sublime to the ridiculous mostly a middle market client base the New York Office is dominated by 2 successful specialized industry groups but the general audit group is in turmoil

Cons

Management is dominated by out of touch old time accountants who have yet to realize the world has changed they stress quality of life as they cut the staff to the bone and overwork those that remain.

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Cons

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Pros

There actually are great people, but you play manager roulette.

Cons

BDO is notorious for promoting people who just never leave. The middle of the road, not great, not awful, people get promoted over and over again. There have been changes every 3 seconds since the ESOP. Terrible communication around change (non-existent). My manager's favorite term was "We are building the plane as we fly it". After 4 years, I was hoping to have more plane built. It was never built.

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