Does BD pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, BD employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at BD. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at BD?

72% of BD employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated BD 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at BD?

Manager (84) , Quality Engineer (70) , Engineer (67) , Project Manager (63) , Intern (62) , Software Engineer (55) , Territory Manager (55) , Field Service Engineer (54) , Product Manager (47) , Machine Operator (41) , Sales Representative (41) , Analyst (40) , Senior Manager (39) , Senior Engineer (38) , Senior Software Engineer (35)

What are the pros of working at BD according to real employee reviews?

"Good Benefits and Cultural Values" ((in 508 reviews)); "great people (individual contributors and lower/middle mgmt) that are passionate about the work they do" ((in 441 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 314 reviews)); "Very flexible and good pay." ((in 232 reviews)); "Good salary and relatively stable job as long as you are ok doubling your workload with every “integration” while keeping everything else constant." ((in 118 reviews))

What are the cons of working at BD according to real employee reviews?

"Poor Management Lies and Politics" ((in 277 reviews)); "Some good managers but a lot of managers with poor judgment." ((in 100 reviews)); "Misaligned priorities for meeting goals; frequent layoffs." ((in 89 reviews)); "Poor Upper Management, no idea about software" ((in 59 reviews)); "No training to get better with processes and most of the time accounts get passed by with no reconciliation." ((in 54 reviews))

What are employees saying about BD layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about BD layoffs and their outlook for job security at BD in 2026.

What BD locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Grenoble , Le Pont-de-Claix , Paris

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3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(5,281 total reviews)

Tom Polen

68% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

BD has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 5,281 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BD employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Industrie manufacturière industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

5K reviews

4.0

May 30, 2011

A company in a state of transition

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility Competitive pay Multinational and multicultural company Good opportunities for movement around the Company. Good opportunities to work on projects and learn.

Cons

The company has been making many changes that need to be adjusted to.

3.0

May 27, 2011

Overall company was quite good. Very poor managers in recent years let them down.

Clinical marketing manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good products with good technical support. Good company structure, with business unit structure allowing for good customer focus.

Cons

Poor managers empire building, getting Direct reports to do all the work and getting all the credit. Too numbers focused, forgetting about the customer and the employees. Sydney centric organisation with all career progression focused in Sydney.

1.0

May 25, 2011

Although it was a place that did not provide career opportunities, it was like my second high school experience.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Multinational, well-known brand, high quality products.

Cons

Former local upper management and recent mid management are not suitable to work with because of their snobbish attitudes and egos

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Overall company was quite good. Very poor managers in recent years let them down.

Although it was a place that did not provide career opportunities, it was like my second high school experience.

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