Mission To provide the best financial advice and service to our clients and be the best place to work for our associates.
Our Values Nothing means more to us than the success of those we serve. It is the source of our satisfaction with our work as well as our continued legacy of excellence. Here are the ideals we live by:
Clients come first. Integrity is irreplaceable. How we succeed is as important as if we succeed. Quality is our measure of success. The best financial advice is the result of expertise, diversity and teamwork. We will not tolerate anyone who puts themselves ahead of the client or ahead of the firm, or who breaks our Associate Promise. We seek personal balance and wellbeing at home, work and community involvement.
Associate Promise At Baird, we believe every associate matters and contributes to our success. We’re committed to providing a diverse and inclusive environment of trust, respect, and equity where you partner with the best in the industry and thrive. We are passionate about how we achieve great outcomes together for our clients, communities and each other.
Description Founded in 1919, Baird has guided families, businesses, communities and institutions toward their financial goals for a century. Today employee-owned Baird offers wealth management, investment banking, asset management, institutional sales and trading, equity research, public finance and private equity services to clients around the world through more than 200 offices. Baird manages and oversees more than $525 billion in assets for clients and employs more than 5,300 associates. Baird is committed to policies and practices that provide equal employment opportunity at all times. These non-discriminatory practices apply to all areas of employment including: hiring, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits and educational opportunities. “Baird” is the marketing name for Robert W. Baird & Co., Incorporated and subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. For more information, please visit www.rwbaird.com.
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Baird is a unique blend of shared purpose and uncommon talent. All we do is done with client and associate interests at heart. This principle is the foundation of a culture unlike any other. Our unwavering commitment to transparency and authenticity, to integrity and respect, to genuine care and a felt sense of belonging lifts our performance to new standards of industry excellence. Baird is high-character people seeking each others’ best. Whether through professional growth opportunities, community outreach, client successes, or healthy returns for our employee owners, we are service-led and clear-eyed, yet always pushing boundaries for the benefit of the lives we touch.
Baird has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 656 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Baird employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).
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Overall, 90% of employees would recommend working at Baird to a friend. This is based on 658 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
72% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Baird as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Baird.