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      3.8

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (5,304 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 5,304 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
      4.0
      Jun 11, 2014

      Overall a good company with good products

      Sales manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Ethical company Good Benefits Strong company balance sheet

      Cons

      Products don't always meet the needs of today's customers. Behind in getting products into the market place in a timely manner. Too many changes in organization and structure: Revolving door for GM's

      3.0
      Jun 6, 2014

      Mixed Bag

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work life balance is good. Stable, and mostly well-managed company. Pay is competitive, and sometimes exceeds similar companies. Benefits are still pretty good but, like many companies, have eroded somewhat over the years. People are very pleasant and many are quite talented.

      Cons

      BD is trying to reinvent itself as a cutting edge pharma-tech company, when it truly is just another old-school medical device/diagnostics company. They struggle to innovate in- house, and are turning towards acquisitions to fill the pipeline, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Like a lot of other companies, Opportunities to grow professionally are based not so much on what you know, but who you know, in this heavily matrixed organization. If you are not one of "the chosen", you will only go so far, before you will need to leave. Noticeable trend towards filling some roles based on youth/ethnicity, depending on what region is being targeted for growth.

      4.0
      Jun 4, 2014

      Great Place to Work!

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - They have great compensation and benefits - beautiful NJ campus - many international locations - internal mobility is starting to pick up, certainly much better in the past few years.

      Cons

      - sometimes being TOO risk adverse is not a good thing as it gets in the way of making decisions and creates a lot of additional (sometimes meaningless) tasks.

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