BD reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(5,302 total reviews)
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Tom Polen

68% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

BD has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 5,302 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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1.0
Jan 24, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

at least I have a job!

Cons

No leadership, no concern for reps on the floor, no fair treatment, information is not shared, it's all about yourself. I heard someone tell another person they need to only look out for themselves and not for others. This is a very selfish environment I hate this job but I don't have the energy to look around town and search for a new job. Managers never interact with us reps. New hires drop like flies and no one seems to give a care. It's depressing when everyone around me complains about the same things all day. If I was a leader, I would be asking the long term reps what is wrong. We all hear why they leave, but no one asks us. No one cares. Its just another low class call center hiring anyone off the street who will stay for the low pay and a couple cent raises. Their a billion dollar company and dont think its necesary to give cost of living raises? wow.

1.0
Oct 28, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The cafeteria is pretty good.

Cons

They’ve stopped doing employee surveys because they know how bad the answers will be and they have no plans to make anything better for workers. There’s so much lip service about culture and “speaking up” but what really happens is called BD nice where it’s all passive aggressive BS. They quietly do layoffs of 500+ and at the same time talk about how much the values matter. Totally fake.

1.0
Nov 21, 2024

Run away. Never apply.

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay is above market and the PTO is good.

Cons

The managers are highly unprofessional and disrespectful, and HR defends them to the end. HR also likes to gaslight you into thinking they do anything about the poor management situation, when in reality they are never going to help you. Management and the first Shift wave planner make sure to let you know every day how much you don't matter. You will always be blamed for the first shift wave planner's mistakes and they will take credit for all your hard work. If you are applying for the Indiana position I would suggest NEVER doing so. The first shift Waveplanner has been there for 25 years and makes working there one of the most unpleasant experiences you'll ever have in your career. BD also hands out time off requests based on tenure, so that leads to you never getting to use your PTO or ever having any time off because the first shift wave planner will always get it first. Management will promise you a backup so you can take time off but then deny any request for time off even with or without a backup because of the first shift wave planner being off on those same days. You will not be financially compensated for training your backup either. (My backup took over a month to train) BD will promise room for growth but then deny any application you apply for even if you are overqualified because they do not want to pay for another person to be trained and replace you. When applying for internal positions your manager has to approve the change, which they will never do. So even when you try leaving due to harassment HR will NOT help you apply or leave for a different position.

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