BOK Financial Recognized by Employees for Workplace Excellence

BOK Financial, one of the nation’s largest regional financial services companies, recently received recognition from Forbes and Glassdoor.com as a great place to work. Input from BOK Financial employees was used to determine each recognition.

Forbes named BOK Financial to its Global 2000: World’s Best Employers list for 2018, and Glassdoor, one of the world’s largest job sites, honored BOK Financial with the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award in recognition for being one of the best places to work in 2019.

These awards reflect BOK Financial’s culture of collaborative excellence.

“Without a doubt, it’s our employees that make us different from other financial institutions, no matter the city or state where we do business,” said Kelley Weil, executive vice president and chief human resource officer for BOK Financial. “We’re humbled by this recognition yet excited for others to get a glimpse of our culture, which is heavily influenced by attracting and retaining the best talent in the industry. We know that it’s our employees that enable outstanding client service and make a difference every day in the communities where they live and work.”

BOK Financial ranked in the top 10 percent of workplaces worldwide from the Forbes 2000 list. Approximately one hundred BOK Financial employees were surveyed as part of Forbes’ recognition process. Participants were asked 20 questions, including “Would you recommend your employer?” and “Are there other companies in your industry that you would recommend?”

“BOK Financial fosters engagement by encouraging an environment where employees feel empowered, their voices are heard and their opinions count,” said Leslie Paris, BOK Financial’s senior vice president and director of community and employee engagement. “We do this through our annual engagement survey and employee-led plans to capitalize on what is working well and ways we can find improvement. We know engagement stems from a partnership. We see and recognize the unique gifts each employee brings to BOK Financial and in turn we strive to create a workplace that leverages inclusion.”

Now in its 11^th year, the Glassdoor.com Employees’ Choice Awards program was also based on the input of employees. BOK Financial employees voluntarily and anonymously revealed insights and opinions about their work environments by sharing a company review, designed to capture a genuine and authentic look at what a specific job may be like at a particular company. When sharing a company review on Glassdoor.com, employees were asked to rate their satisfaction with the company overall, and key workplace factors like career opportunities, compensation and benefits, culture and values, senior management and work/life balance. In addition, employees were asked to describe the best reasons to work at their companies.