Is BD a good company to work for?

BD has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 7,149 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 74% of employees would recommend working at BD to a friend and 60% 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?

74% 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, 3.8 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 Cultural Values" ((in 495 reviews)); "great people (individual contributors and lower/middle mgmt) that are passionate about the work they do" ((in 436 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 299 reviews)); "Very flexible and good pay." ((in 239 reviews)); "The team I work is great at coming together and helping each other get the job done." ((in 129 reviews))

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

"Poor Management Lies and Politics" ((in 279 reviews)); "Some good managers but a lot of managers with poor judgment." ((in 98 reviews)); "Misaligned priorities for meeting goals; frequent layoffs." ((in 85 reviews)); "Bad Upper Management Leads To Less Movement Upwards" ((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

74% would recommend to a friend

(5,320 total reviews)

Tom Polen

67% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

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Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.6

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

BD has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 5,320 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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3.0

Aug 3, 2016

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Pros

Great place to develop your career and the opportunity to expand your skills. Call center is Mon-Fri. Great shift times as well.

Cons

Communication within the company is not that great. Changing environment is fine but can be challenging with the lack of communication.

2.0

Jul 31, 2016

Letting go

Senior field service technician

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great job if you like traveling to different hospitals all across the states. I thought it was a nice adventure.

Cons

I was let go and I believe I heard when I was there they had 50+ employees to share the workload When I was there it was 25 and everybody had plenty of work. Now I feel that has changed. They also changed names. They're now BD. Which makes them international., so it makes me feel that they'll be having a lot more choices? One other thing is the training team for Field Service Techs. treat you like you owe them for the job and try to make you feel like dirt. And then when they let me go they gave me a bad review. I was six mos. in New York and never did the client complain to me that they were unhappy with my work. I believe it was so I would have a hard time collecting unemployment.

5.0

Jul 30, 2016

Great Company

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

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Pros

Performance driven company committed to its values - customers - associates - and customers. Ethics is taken very seriously at the top of the house. Focused on becoming one of the best companies in MedTech. Great atmosphere with coworkers with pretty good engagement to do the best for the company.

Cons

Like many large companies, you are better off at the center than the periphery. Still ways to go in spite of great progress and good intent towards becoming truly more global.

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