Brokers who have worked at more than one shop - feedback sought
I know a lot of you in here are brokers across different disciplines. I'd love to get your feedback, especially if you've spent time at more than one brokerage, about what makes a great value prop for the brokerage. Obviously everyone wants to make more money while doing less work. What do you see as a brokerage's most important value that it provides to you? What would make you switch from one brokerage to another?

\- Back-office systems (accounting, finance, software)

\- Brand/Marketing

\- Lead Generation

\- Culture, knowledge, mentorship

\- Perks &amp; benefits
[{"id": "fhg13xe", "text": "Mentorship. In the brokerage world, it\u2019s extremely difficult to find a senior broker that will spend time with you, teach you, and look after your well being. \n\nA good team (within the overall company) and mentor is by far the most important in my opinion. Otherwise, they will just turn and burn you for cheap like the previous junior employee.", "replies": [{"id": "fhg30ed", "text": "Mentorship is hard to find.  I was told if you want loyalty, get a dog.  That being said, a good mentor goes a long way in the beginning.\n\nI found that office culture was the differentiator.  You end spending so much time at the office and going through ups and downs that you need to have some support in the office to help make it worth while.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "fhkaqnx", "text": "And can soneone a few years in explain what\u2019s this looks like? A good mentor.\n\nFor me from what I\u2019ve seen at my shop we have 1 team where it\u2019s 2-3 main guys/1 associate and the associate on the team gets put on their deals. The other is one main guy with 5 or so younger guys. Clearly one seems better, but thoughts?\n\nWhat are a few bullet points of good vs bad team situation.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fhlaa67", "text": "I'm in residential but have done commercial deals, and have worked at three firms over 9 years (6 months, 6 years, 2.5 years).\n\nAgreed that mentorship is most important, and hardest to find. Ideally you find someone that wants to show you the ropes, let you plug into their deal flow immediately, and finds value in your skillset (positive attitude, work ethic, and ability to execute the deals they bring in).\n\nI would also say firm reputation. Especially when starting out, you will have to lean on your company's reputation to get your foot in the door with sellers, buyers, and even other other firms. When you're new to the business you don't want to have to defend / explain your company while also deflecting your lack of experience. When you lack experience, you can always say, \"I may be new to the business, but my firm / team has X years of experience getting Y profit for clients just like you.\" (unless you can't, which is my point)", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]