BD reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(5,286 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 5,286 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
Feb 18, 2014

World class change and chaos.

Recommend
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Pros

It is a big company and fairly secure jobs. Very few lay offs. Just be a yes man.

Cons

There are constantly new managers. The managers that stay are the seminar grads just repeating what they heard at the last meeting. The ones that leave just padded their resume and leave behind their broken mess for yet the next new hapless manager to break even further. The mismanagement has driven away and squandered all of their technical talent and experience. There is not even the expertise to train the new hires.

2.0
Sep 28, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Co-Workers were great, and friendly.

Cons

Very little accountability for cost of bad quality/cost of bad management. They offered little to no development opportunities. It felt like there was no trust, even for rockstar employees who were very intelligent, ready for new challenges, and had proven themselves to be responsible with new projects. Middle management at the site frequently (and seemingly deliberately) ignored sexual harassment, bullying, and under-performance from lower level management. Quality issues that were defined as serious issues in our QMS were frequently ignored almost as a rule. Bringing up an issue was often followed by scorn from lab leads. The result of this was a culture of apathy towards the quality of our products. As someone who genuinely cares about quality, this was painful.

3.0
Jan 6, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- Great sense of purpose / making a difference in the world - Competitive pay and benefits - Good culture (if you're on the right team) - Plenty of opportunity to grow

Cons

- Old fashioned waterfall company structure. Not lean/agile at all. - Every decision you make will be scrutinized, reviewed, and criticized. - Feedback loops were non-existent in my position - Really still hurting from pandemic era supply chain disruptions - Terrible onboarding processes - Very few team-building and personal growth opportunities - Work / life balance was poor in my position (global marketing)

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