Pros
Your experience at BKD is/will be completely dependent on your manager/coach. If you are in the good books of your coach, you will tend to have flexibility, and an advocate; and vice versa. The Dallas office is nice. Free snacks, coffee, tea, sodas, and juice offered every day. The administrative staff is very friendly. Co-workers are helpful if they don't see you as a threat.
Cons
1. Managers have their favorites. 2. Very very conservative, one of the partners even told me that to my face when I made some suggestions. 3. Sorry ladies, no short sleeves even in scorching Dallas summer weather (I told you they are conservative) 4. Every single day you have to respond to admin if you are working from the office or not, and where you are, and when you will be returning because the MP wants it so (it makes you feel like a teenager under curfew). 5. Pay is HORRIBLE 6. Turnover has been so high mostly due to pay. In one department, 4 people left within 4 weeks of each other, all were Seniors, Managers, and Senior Manager. 7. Very huge and super heavy laptops. The kind of laptops meant and recommended by Dell for stationary use, not for travel. Dell doesn't even manufacture those laptops anymore so you will be getting an old used one as a new hire. Ladies, forget about carrying a nice tote handbag as the laptop won't fit in it, unless you want to carry a 10 lb laptop plus your ladies bag. It seems like only the Directors and up get the 14 inch laptop. It is crazy. 8. One would ask why I'm I still here with all these cons, and that is because I want to have 2 years experience on my resume...almost there. And can't wait for the day I hand in my resignation, unless I see some of these cons changed for the better, which is a tall order for a conservative company like BKD. Honestly, I have never worked for a conservative company like this one, and I have worked for very big reputable companies.
