BD reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(5,306 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 5,306 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
Oct 17, 2021

Nice place if you are just looking for a place to retire in

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- very nice people (as friends) - decent welfares, some progression opportunities - work life balance can be a little difficult but still better than a lot other MNCs. - If you are truly passionate about medical/health care industry, or just looking for a stable job for the rest of your career, this is a great place.

Cons

- Few capable people are willing to take initiatives. Most are perfectly happy with stagnant environment and reject any changes (product can sell anyway). Simple tasks dragged for months. Common to use "risk" as an excuse for not trying. Blame others for everything but not proactively doing anything. - Local management sucks. Some management layers are created for random "leaders" who has no clue what is going on. Delegation of responsibility and decision making are standard. To be fair, some senior leaders are truly smart with clear vision, but you are not dealing with them everyday.) - If you still hope to achieve something with you life, this is not the place for you.

3.0
Oct 10, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Good people and mission. The company’s products help improve human health every day.

Cons

With new management the focus has turned enormously to meeting financial targets, often resulting in overworked personnel and what in my opinion is a focus on short-term gain to the detriment of long-term sustainability.

1.0
Sep 26, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Doing lots in the world of healthcare.

Cons

Due to BD being a global company they have lots of satellite divisions so can only comment on my experience of FS operations…. which were not very good … I should have read the signs from a very lazy impassive interview process. Quick chat on the phone followed by very lazy autonomous online quiz’s and tests. Then travel miles to interviews. The job was regional based but you are expected to work the whole country, long periods of standby. No real support, such as HR, Payroll and IT are mainly based out of the UK and can be frustratingly slow. IT problems will cause you to loose marks on your KPI’s ! Very good engineers came and went during my time there, why… go figure… Disparity of wages across the engineers,

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BD Response
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Thank you for your review. We’re glad you recognize the work we are doing in Advancing the world of health™ - We are all passionate about it. We are disappointed to hear about your negative experience during your time with us. BD is in fact a global and large organization, which sometime means things take a little bit longer. However, we empower our associates to speak up and share their thoughts on how we can continue to grow as one BD. Wishing you the best in the next step in your career.
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