BD reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(5,290 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 5,290 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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5K reviews
2.0
Oct 16, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing coworkers and direct management. The people you work with and report to really do actually care. There used to be a thriving culture, work life balance, schedule flexibility, and a commitment to employee growth.

Cons

They no longer care about people. Tom Polen's "BD 2025" ruined BD. Layoffs now occur every 6 months. No ones job is secure. They are not committed to employee growth and continuing education like they claim to be.

1.0
Aug 29, 2025

Don't Bother

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company car That's really all I can say

Cons

Bad management Change sales commission structure every year to make sure you don't get paid No support when things go wrong If you are debating switching to this company from your current sales company or are looking to start a medical sales career don't bother. They don't help their staff and change the commission structure every year to make sure you don't make money. This year they changed it to a bucket system where they withhold your commission and pay it out quarterly as earned and with the potential for bigger checks later in the year. Yesterday we were supposed to get one of our final big checks and the day before payday they told everyone - even people ranked third in the company - that they wouldn't be receiving it because it wasn't ours to begin with due to a line in our commission structure contract that said that it is subject to change at any time. That is what the HR department told me word for word. They gave no warning that this was going to happen so I had no idea until the day before. I'm not sure if it's going under or what but just don't start here expecting to make any money just because it's a major company. Run for the hills

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