BD reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(5,302 total reviews)
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Tom Polen

68% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

BD has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 5,302 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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4.0
Jun 11, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ethical company Good Benefits Strong company balance sheet

Cons

Products don't always meet the needs of today's customers. Behind in getting products into the market place in a timely manner. Too many changes in organization and structure: Revolving door for GM's

3.0
Jun 6, 2014

Mixed Bag

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is good. Stable, and mostly well-managed company. Pay is competitive, and sometimes exceeds similar companies. Benefits are still pretty good but, like many companies, have eroded somewhat over the years. People are very pleasant and many are quite talented.

Cons

BD is trying to reinvent itself as a cutting edge pharma-tech company, when it truly is just another old-school medical device/diagnostics company. They struggle to innovate in- house, and are turning towards acquisitions to fill the pipeline, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Like a lot of other companies, Opportunities to grow professionally are based not so much on what you know, but who you know, in this heavily matrixed organization. If you are not one of "the chosen", you will only go so far, before you will need to leave. Noticeable trend towards filling some roles based on youth/ethnicity, depending on what region is being targeted for growth.

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