BD reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(5,281 total reviews)
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Tom Polen

68% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

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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1.0
Apr 24, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

the overall employee benefits for BD were comparable to other companies. Also, access to certain learning/training tools and library were pretty limitless.

Cons

Very depreciating environment. I heard similar complaints from employees in several business units. Respect is based on title which is quite unfortunate. Often heard people yelling and cursing in the hall at other people, even getting physical. It was a ridiculous environment with a good amount of turnover. Def lacking in people skills and thrived on creating an environment of intimidation.

4.0
Apr 14, 2011

Solid place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good on site food, health clubs, running/walking paths; beautiful campus. Amazing art and architecture - a truly impressive corporate headquarters. Company is respectful of its employees and tries to maintain a decent work/life balance.

Cons

Heirarchical and old fashioned in outlook. Cubes are very nice to look at, but difficult to work in. For example, on the phone, you speak directly into the face of the person sitting across from you. No privacy in cube-land at all. Yuck.

3.0
Apr 13, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There was a great work life balance, and some of the best all around benefits available. They even reimbursed my parking as part of my tuition package, 100%.

Cons

Averaged at least one layoff every other year. Back to back to back layoffs 2009, 2010,2011. Really makes you start to wonder what management is doing.

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