BD reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(5,313 total reviews)
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Tom Polen

68% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

BD has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 5,313 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 Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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5K reviews
3.0
Feb 28, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

BD Biosciences is a very interesting place to work. They really do take their social responsibility very seriously. They produce very good and high quality products. They really do want to make a difference in patients lives. There are some really good people working there who are very dedicated. My work was interesting and I had a lot of opportunity to work on interesting projects.

Cons

There are some managers that are very knowledgable and some that hold eqivualent positions that have no clue what they are doing. The funny thing is that the upper management has no clue that there is such a disparity in skill sets. Also, there are some managers that reguarly use threats and intimidation to run their departments. They use their positons of authority to bully their emplyees while the upper management turns a blind eye to it. There is a manager there that is a sociopath and has a strange fasination with Baers. Pun intended.

2.0
May 26, 2026

Weak leadership and high turnover overshadow benefits

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Standard benefits, hybrid office policy.

Cons

Weak senior leadership sets the tone. Constantly shifting priorities, and regular cuts to headcount - rather than take experienced employees and move them, they wipe the slate clean and start with new hires. The churn brings in new people who are impressed by the BD name and history. The good ones quickly become disillusioned by the inefficient systems, absurd politics, and surprising lack of ethics. Bottom line, a good place to park while you look for another job. *Some individual businesses are better than others, proceed with caution if you are looking.

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