Does BDO pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, BDO employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at BDO. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at BDO?

62% of BDO employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated BDO 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at BDO?

Audit Associate (500) , Senior Associate (451) , Manager (391) , Associate (379) , Auditor (357) , Assistant Manager (352) , Audit Senior (324) , Senior Auditor (251) , Tax Associate (237) , Senior Accountant (230) , Intern (223) , Consultant (211) , Senior Consultant (210) , Accountant (174) , Audit Manager (173)

What are the pros of working at BDO according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and pretty forward thinking" ((in 858 reviews)); "Culture in the junior and mid ranks is good but doesn’t extend to senior team." ((in 797 reviews)); "Colleagues friendly and help each other" ((in 390 reviews)); "The benefits are good and overtime paid" ((in 316 reviews)); "Team is great and very helpful" ((in 313 reviews))

What are the cons of working at BDO according to real employee reviews?

"Low salaries and not enough activity" ((in 558 reviews)); "No work life balance and stressful" ((in 517 reviews)); "Being in audit also means sometimes you have to work long hours and not always get." ((in 490 reviews)); "pay is bloody Low (mine increase 1k after I left and I changed industry)" ((in 478 reviews)); "Poor management support for promotions" ((in 326 reviews))

What are employees saying about BDO layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about BDO layoffs and their outlook for job security at BDO in 2026.

BDO reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(10,317 total reviews)

Pat Kramer and Peter van Laer

73% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Career opportunities

3.4

Culture & values

3.2

Senior management

3.1

Work/Life balance

3.1

Compensation and benefits

BDO has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 10,317 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BDO employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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10K reviews

5.0

Feb 8, 2009

Great place to work

Staff accountant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Consistent raises each year. The pay is higher than at one of the big four firms. The clients are generally in the middle market range. Travelling is optional and you can specify the degree tow hich you wish to travel in you performance review each year. There are opportunities to travel all over the world in audit. It is fairly easy to transfer within the company as they are easy to deal with. The employees are great to work with and the partners are easy to get along with and respectful towards the employees at all levels of the organization.

Cons

BDO is a smaller firm and tends to have smaller clients. If you want to be dealing with huge, well known, companies all the time then you would be happier at one of the big four.

4.0

Jan 13, 2009

good place to work..... but dont rely on your job assessment to get the feedback......

Senior auditor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You will be working with very talented, skilled people who are great auditors / accountants.... The firm puts great effort into training for professional staff.

Cons

The job assessments after every assignment for auditor / professional staff are meaningless as they have fired people in the past whose reviews were great....... Although flexibility is raved about...... using too much of it can be of detriment to you.....

4.0

Jan 8, 2009

good place to work.

Assurance director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

more interested in staff than their competitors. quality of offices and what is made available to staff like fresh fruit daily, gym membership, location of office are all major pluses. Good people to work with and generally a friendly environment. The firm also has a decent pension scheme available to staff. Staff also dont have to work as many hours as are expected in a Big 4 environment.

Cons

complexity of work sometimes isnt there in comparison to Big 4. Overall pay is lower than big 4, but thats to be expected as partners earn substantially less than partners in big 4.

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