Stressful and very unpleasant environment (Baker Street, London) - IT Analyst BDO Employee Review

1.0
23 May 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Free Barista coffees and a very nice subsidised canteen. Good location in Central London.

Cons

There is No IT senior management strategy, constant knee jerk reaction from one direction to the other, depending on the day/week. Management seem clueless in my opinion to run an IT department, it’s a revolving door of staff. Mostly made up of contractors, the permanent staff don't stay very long (unless you are in the boy’s club) with the constant back stabbing and the intrenched politics. The meeting rooms have absolutely no privacy, paper thin partitions, everyone is listening in on everyone's private conversations and reporting back to management, this seems to be encouraged. It’s like working in a Police state! You're frightened to say word to anyone.

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Cons

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2.0
5 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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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