BD reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(5,300 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 5,300 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 Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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3.0
May 11, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The pay is pretty good. The benefits and vacation time are better than the pay. You can move up pretty quickly if you're a good worker. Although, once you get closer to upper management you also have to shake the right hands and say the right things.

Cons

BD is a giant corporation only worried about the bottom line. They are very concerned about their ESG score and hire and promote accordingly, unfortunately to the detriment of the company and employees. Until you get to a job group 4 the bonuses are pretty weak. Morale is mostly pretty low. The higher ups are disconnected from the rest of the worker bees. It seems like they implement procedures and strategies with little input from those actually doing the work, creating inefficiencies and red tape. After seeing some great folks work hard to move up only to be first on the chopping block for layoffs is very demoralizing.

1.0
Mar 22, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

BD is a mature company with great quality products.

Cons

Working in the North American Supply Chain and Distribution department is a challenging experience due to several reasons. The turnover rate is high, and morale is low across the business. Decisions are made from the top-down without any input from site members. There is a lack of support and unreasonable deadlines. Incompetent individuals run the department, and people with no quality experience are promoted to oversee distribution centers. The previous leader was not effective and was moved to run special projects. The current leader has limited quality experience, and their decisions do not make sense. The operations leader manages by fear and is a bully, blaming and bullying everyone for incomplete projects. Promotions in Quality are hard to come by, and the recent restructuring only promoted high-level people, leaving no room for growth and development for engineers and specialists. Good performance reviews do not result in meaningful rewards or promotions, leaving employees feeling frustrated and overworked. The company's culture has deteriorated since Vince was CEO, and employees are no longer treated with respect or fairness. BD runs annual surveys that consistently show low scores, yet leadership is incompetent in changing the culture. Incompetent leaders provide meaningless presentations that ultimately result in no change. The company values outside employees more than loyal employees, and outsiders are paid more. The company is going downhill, and the current leadership is not competent enough to address any issues. I do not recommend joining the Supply Chain organization at BD.

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