Is BD a good company to work for?

BD has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 7,150 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 73% of employees would recommend working at BD to a friend and 59% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about BD have been left by employees working as Engineering Intern , Associate Territory Manager and Intern .

Does BD pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, BD employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at BD. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at BD?

73% of BD employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated BD 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at BD?

Manager (84) , Quality Engineer (70) , Engineer (67) , Project Manager (63) , Intern (62) , Territory Manager (58) , Software Engineer (56) , Field Service Engineer (55) , Product Manager (47) , Machine Operator (41) , Sales Representative (41) , Analyst (40) , Senior Manager (39) , Senior Engineer (38) , Director (35)

What are the pros of working at BD according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits and can see a long career at this company" ((in 515 reviews)); "great people (individual contributors and lower/middle mgmt) that are passionate about the work they do" ((in 434 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 307 reviews)); "Very flexible and good pay." ((in 241 reviews)); "Good salary and relatively stable job as long as you are ok doubling your workload with every “integration” while keeping everything else constant." ((in 122 reviews))

What are the cons of working at BD according to real employee reviews?

"Poor Management Lies and Politics" ((in 278 reviews)); "Some good managers but a lot of managers with poor judgment." ((in 93 reviews)); "Misaligned priorities for meeting goals; frequent layoffs." ((in 86 reviews)); "Poor Upper Management, no idea about software" ((in 59 reviews)); "No training to get better with processes and most of the time accounts get passed by with no reconciliation." ((in 53 reviews))

What are employees saying about BD layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about BD layoffs and their outlook for job security at BD in 2026.

What are the top reviewed BD locations?

San Diego , Franklin Lakes , San Jose , San Antonio , Sandy , Baltimore , Salt Lake City , Sparks , Tempe , Columbus , Covington , Sumter , Vernon Hills , Sparks Glencoe , Atlanta , El Paso , Chicago , New York , Durham , Hunt Valley , Canaan , Broken Bow , Los Angeles , Warwick , Holdrege , Irvine , Research Triangle Park , Phoenix , Raleigh , Dallas

BD reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(5,321 total reviews)

Tom Polen

67% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Culture & values

3.6

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

BD has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 5,321 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

2.0

Aug 19, 2016

Great products, non-professional team, too much politics, too many changes

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Really high quality products with reliable technology. Group benefit is ok in the medical devices market. The pay is ok matching to the average in the industry.

Cons

Some of the staff are not professional but can only act as "cold impolite", no simple welcome even with the brief self-introduction of new employees. People pass the buck to each other even if the issue is highly relevant but in risk. Too much politics and can easily see people despise some other team members from their eye contact and expression to each other, things are sometimes going in a very weird way and not as it is. Teams change a lot and need to reassign contact both internally and externally. Some ridiculous strategy and solutions come out with above reasons.

2.0

Aug 18, 2016

Tried to change the culture, lost its soul instead

Individual contributor (non scientific)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Socially valuable products, very interesting work for core job, excellent colleagues on the department level, decent vacation and other benefits, pleasant office environment, will provide ergonomic aids if requested

Cons

A very good company is now engaged in a race to the bottom. Purported leaders are cynical and behave like a high-school clique, out to enhance their own reputation at the expense of others. Extremely headquarters-centric and don't get the culture of the Silicon Valley. The business unit moves from crisis to crisis with layoffs as the major solution and then asks the remaining employees to fill the gaps. Longer service employees are discounted in favor of newbies. If you have been at the company longer than 10 years, expect a lot of microagression.

2.0

Aug 18, 2016

Regional Marketing Manager

Regional marketing manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Big company with a strong pipeline

Cons

Office Environment & diversity issues

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