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      3.8

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (5,305 total reviews)
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      Tom Polen

      68% approve of CEO

      60% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      BD has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 5,305 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
      Dec 28, 2014

      Great place to work!

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      I loved working for this company. It was very family oriented and we all did the right thing. I learned so much here that I was able to bring to my current employer in order to make a difference.

      Cons

      Towards the end of my time at BD the company became more IT focused and it changed the culture negatively.

      3.0
      Dec 20, 2014

      Nice people but behind in technology

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Nice people to work with, a real team environment where everyone pitches in to get the job done. Salary is competitive Manager encouraged learning new technology to improve the group's efficiency

      Cons

      It takes too long to get products released. Upper management does not believe in investing in new technology and efficiency. Quality is too often sacrificed in order to meet deadlines and the people that suffer are the customers

      1.0
      Dec 19, 2014

      Great Product Offering and creative talented employees; Very weak management.

      Manufacturing engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Meaningful work and results, producing products that save lives every day somewhere in the world. I thought there was good cross-functional teamwork evident, from manufacturing/warehouse employees with engineers, quality, scientists, regulatory, really across all of the teams in my plants. This was largely based on conscientious and creative employees who were willing to help, wanted to do the right thing and take personal ownership on issues, rather than well-defined business processes, or any policy or directive driven by a weak management team. Good Employee Benefits Package.

      Cons

      Weak Management and leadership, more focused on blame, parochialism, and moving on to their next fluffy assignment. Poorly defined roles and responsibilities by management across teams creates gaps in ownership and disjointed nebulous business processes, where teams are working in grey areas far too often. Technology strategy is weak, 10+ years behind, not capable of reacting quickly to support an environment with frequent mergers/acquisitions and to integrate with a common WW BD IT platform that really doesn't exist. SAP initiative was/is poorly managed and deployed several years behind schedule, over budget, and de-scoped all of Europe/Asia with no outlook to complete. High rate of attrition/turnover breeds a lack of ownership mentality, and a team with limited intellectual capital to leverage, at times.

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