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Thank you for your candid feedback!
The “branches” as you refer to them are office locations recently brought into BKS through partnerships. When a firm in a new market joins BKS through a partnership, we have found that most of the new colleagues are excited and energized by our vibrant culture. Despite the positive reception, it takes time for it to be fully adopted because it requires change in process, mindset and behaviors. During our integration process, we take the time to learn about the existing office culture and learn from it. We frequently find amazing cultural initiatives that we had never thought of – we keep these engrained in the local office operations or deploy them across all of BKS. We also do extensive training to empower each new colleague to own, embody and nurture the BKS culture.
As you experienced, getting a new location fully onboard is a dance and we are learning new steps with each partnership. Our integration team, leadership and BKSers new and old are from each experience and continue to improve our processes with each of our offices across the country.
To your second point, we do expect a lot out of our colleagues – Grit and Dreaming are some of our core values if that tells you anything! Our salaries are formulated by market value of the position and years of experience. We have robust benefits and perks in place to ensure the hard work is celebrated and rewarded, but are continuing to evaluate ways we can evolve with the needs (and sheer awesomeness) of our colleagues. You have many opportunities to provide your feedback on what is offered and we encourage you to take advantage of them… we recently implemented PeerFit based on colleague feedback from a new partnership – your feedback is heard and drives positive change!
We sincerely appreciate your passion for making the culture here better for all locations. We are making steps in the right direction every day and want you to feel empowered to do the same. Keep that feedback coming!
