I worked at BDO in Beijing for less than 2 years. - Audit Associate II BDO Employee Review

4.0
Mar 25, 2014
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Pros

The people are very hardworking and they have great excel based workpapers that help systematic audits. It is easy to grow up the ladder if you are hardworking and stay with the firm over time. Friendly and helpful senior managers who are happy to teach new hires as long as they have time.

Cons

The pay rate is lower than the big 4 and the clients are smaller. There was no additional salary during busy season even though we worked a lot of overtimes.

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5.0
Jun 2, 2026
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Pros

Strong team culture and they offered great flexibility throughout the internship.

Cons

High workload during busy season (although that is expected)

1.0
Jun 22, 2026
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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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