Is BD a good company to work for?

BD has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 7,141 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 (55) , Field Service Engineer (54) , Product Manager (47) , Machine Operator (41) , Sales Representative (41) , Analyst (40) , Senior Manager (40) , Senior Engineer (38) , Senior Software Engineer (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 487 reviews)); "great people (individual contributors and lower/middle mgmt) that are passionate about the work they do" ((in 440 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 304 reviews)); "Very flexible and good pay." ((in 243 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 121 reviews))

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

"Poor Management Lies and Politics" ((in 277 reviews)); "Some good managers but a lot of managers with poor judgment." ((in 100 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs of contract employees" ((in 81 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 55 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

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3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(5,313 total reviews)

Tom Polen

68% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

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BD has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 5,313 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

1.0

Apr 8, 2025

Worst Place! Beware

Solutions architect

Recommend

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Pros

As hardly anyone is tech savvy, you can pass your time doing nothing or spend time in higher study. They will not even know. If you can take the stress of talking your idiotic boss ( in most cases), then you should be good. In other words, if your IQ is more than 90, BD is not for you. For the average IQ folks, salary is good if you can negotiate.

Cons

Extreme level of politics, hierarchy is upside down. Higher you go in the chain, lower will be the IQ of people. But, they are also highly corrupt. Even the college projects are better managed than BD projects. If you are intelligent, you will get a taste of their professionalism during interview only. If you did not notice that, then this is a perfect match for you.

2.0

Apr 3, 2025

Not much to share

Lead project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

None none none none none

Cons

Everything is bad - pay, work life balance, leadership, culture

4.0

Mar 29, 2025

Working at BD

Sr manufacturing engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Future of company looks great. Products are in high demand - some on backorder - can't make enough product. -Company is starting to invest in future to satisfy growing demand. -No shortage of work and lots of places to shine - room for improvement everywhere you look no matter what your discipline. -Local (Sumter) leadership has changed for the better since I've started. -New local leadership is working hard to turn things around.

Cons

-Overly Bureaucratic. Sr. Leadership is extremely hierarchical and every level of Sr. leadership thinks their way is the best way and tries to enforce that without taking into account what the people below (or lateral) to them want. So, things change rapidly but not necessarily for the better. Sr. Leadership tries to micro-manage 2-4 levels below them - focusing on day-to-day operations. -Sr. Leadership is very near-sighted. Many systems & processes remain quite archaic and inefficient and they're reluctant to invest in improving them but they're highly involved in day-to-day operations.

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