Robert W. Baird & Co. Reviews

I have been working at Robert W. Baird & Co. part-time

Pros – The people are wonderful and the company really wants their employees to be happy

Cons – The company they hired to do insurance auditing is absolutely terrible and borderline insulting

Advice to Senior Management – Hiring Consova was the worst decision you ever made.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Robert W. Baird & Co. full-time for more than a year

Pros – The people are some of the best I have met. Everyone is always smart, motivated, and willing to help. Overall just a great company

Cons – It would be ideal if headquarters were in Chicago instead of Milwaukee

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Robert W. Baird & Co.

Pros – Employee owned, strong culture, work/life balance

Cons – Technology is behind, not enough training opportunities

I have been working at Robert W. Baird & Co. full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Management has integrity and has kept their promises to me over time. The people are great - smart, hard-working, but also nice people. Mentorship is highly promoted and collaboration is frequent.

Cons – Milwaukee office is fairly incestuous. Most of the men up there have stay at home wives taking care of them (they don't have dual-career family challenges).

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to promote diversity. Be quicker to fire/move underperformers. Work to make internal moves between departments more common and seamless. Be careful not to be too Milwaukee-centric.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Robert W. Baird & Co.

Pros – smart, competitive people without being phone throwers. Reasonably decent compensation.

Cons – Culture of balance and title structure is not consistent across the company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Robert W. Baird & Co. full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Lots of support. Great customer service between departments. Client oriented values.

Cons – Raises are usually closer to cost of living. Upward mobility.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Robert W. Baird & Co.

Pros – good job and a good company

Cons – no specific recommendation for this company

I worked at Robert W. Baird & Co. full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Baird has many great benefits including a generous PTO bank, profit sharing, HSA contributions and annual bonuses. It is a very professional environment with many job opportunities.

Cons – There are a lot of egos and people clawing their way to the top. Many times the employee is not the one whose best interests are at heart.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to your employees. There is a reason people are leaving but you are ignoring their advice and not fixing the problem.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Robert W. Baird & Co. as an intern for more than a year

Pros – Great Place to work. Great Flexibility.

Cons – Pay could have been better. Other peers earned more for similar jobs.

I worked at Robert W. Baird & Co. full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – I think there are some genuinely good people who work here. Like other wirehouses, this place has the full slate of products for the retail investor.

Cons – As soon as they lured me from another firm, they forgot about me. Then, when I only attracted 2/3 of my clients from the previous firm, they swiftly cut my payout to 25%, then 20%. In addition, as an advisor, they paid for nothing aside from the inducement, yet expected me to run my business on the 25% of gross commissions they allowed me to keep. The business model is broken. The technology is terrible, and this company is no better than Merrill Lynch or Morgan Stanley or any of the other dumps that take clients' money to line their own pockets. Don't walk from this place...run!

Advice to Senior Management – Instead of trying to grow your business by pandering to the river of advisors looking to take a check, take a look in your backyard to see who you can grow organically. Work on engagement. And, drop the manic attachment to your "help the client" baloney. My manager and my regional manager couldn't tell me one significant thing about my best clients. Rule 404 may only pertain to the advisor, but should be extended to the empty suit in the corner office.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend