BD reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(5,282 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 5,282 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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2.0
May 6, 2018

AEG - RN MDR writer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Onsite cafeteria and gym. Large company, many benefits.

Cons

Horrible management that makes it very clear that you are replaceable. Company values that do not trickle down. Daily changes, you can never keep up... yes one day, no the next.... they say blue, but you're expected to know they meant red. Horrible communication. Huge workload with daily "emergency" projects.

2.0
Nov 11, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company going through big mergers/acquisition and getting bigger. Probably good for folks who can survive politics. Average salaries but good pension benefits and PTO.

Cons

Frequent reorgs, layoffs every 3-6 months. generating lots of uncertainty. Very political environment. This place is all about who you know otherwise chances are your name will be in next layoff list. Great folks have been moving out or have been pushed out. Not a good place to be in for people bringing any innovative idea. Traditional folks don't get it, management won't recognize it and you'll get kicked out. Good place for average folks who can keep managers/peers "satisfied". TS management lacks vision, poor leaders at top making it harder for good folks to feel safe. Lots of inefficiencies in processes, leadership can't be trusted and asking any hard questions will put you in next layoffs list.

1.0
Nov 2, 2017

Zero Work Life Balance

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You get a paycheck a couple of times each month.

Cons

Work from home means work all the time. Coworkers expect you to be at their beckon call 24 x 7 x 365. Forget eating dinner with the family. Sleep with your phone more than your spouse. If you like working with people who will ignore processes and are too lazy to learn how to do things for themselves, this is the place for you. If you enjoy being told your 14+ hour days are not going to cut it, this job is for you. If you enjoy having directors and VP's that go home after they hand you 3-4 hours of work they need by tomorrow morning to send to the Senior VP (with their own names on it of course), this is the job for you. Analysis paralysis? Yes we have it. Currently 7 meetings a week to discuss how to be more productive. That is amazing. Perhaps 14 would double productivity? This is hands down the most horrible place to work. Here of some signs. Upper management does not understand basic job functions and processes that have been in place for 10+ years. When the underlings try to explain those processes, they are belittled for being so stupid as to believe that those processes are correct. Cultural survey's are sent to all employees that are anonymous but then at the deadline a list of names that have not taken the survey are circulated so managers can make sure those folks take them. Makes it hard for folks to tell the truth. This company continues to create ridiculous positions that do nothing but create more work for others. Any little issue that is lifted up must be communicated to multiple groups in the organization just in case they want to know and oh by the way most of them enjoy every evening and weekend off. Why? Because I'm always working!! Don't get me started on the customers. Why even have processes. No one follows processes and because of this every customer just whines and complains and does everything but call the right person. Then internally everyone complains that my team and others like it are not responsive. How the heck can we be if we are called hours, days, or weeks later?

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