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      3.8

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (5,286 total reviews)
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      Tom Polen

      68% approve of CEO

      58% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Senior management

      BD has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 5,286 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
      2.0
      Jul 29, 2015

      BD. The mega-corp you love to hate.

      Senior mechanical engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      * High stability, (if that's important to you) * Difficult to get fired, if you toe-the-line. * Good bonus structure * Relatively generous compensation * Decent benefits * Top-down process driven management * Highly conservative ivory-tower management

      Cons

      * Top-down process driven management * Highly conservative ivory-tower management * High levels of "dead-wood" associates (to the point incompetence) * For highly capable / ambitious Bay-Area types, the company has a reputation for being the employer-of-last-resort * Very little innovation happening within R&D, (that's what buying other companies is for...) * Overly sensitive, politically correct, working environment. * The meetings... my God, the useless meetings.

      3.0
      Sep 4, 2019

      Beware of upper management!!!

      Clinical research associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Wonderful team members, workload can be grueling at times. Salary is comparable to industry measures. Health insurance have three options that could be better with the amount of employees on staff.

      Cons

      No bonus,,,,unless you are part of upper management. At time of salary negotiation , BD will offer this as a possibility as well as yearly salary increase however that will never happen for numerous reasons. During yearly reviews-you have to complete self assessment and provide reasons why you should be considered for raise. This is acceptable IF salary increase is even a true option but it is not. So although you work hard all year for a company that promises growth, in the end you are forever trying to prove your worth but instead you are only filling a position until you cannot take it anymore

      1.0
      Mar 12, 2019

      Be discerning

      Senior manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Beautiful campus to look at while you work.

      Cons

      Full of systemic, toxic masculinity (rather than skills that pay the bills). It’s 1890’s roots are showing girl, especialy if you are a “diversity candidate.” Expect to be given a “promotion” to role that is set up to fail. There are metrics for this, so if you do get promoted, fragile people target you and BD does literally nothing to protect you from that. If you are a community-minded person, I would skip this place altogether. If you subscribe to white feminism, this is the place for you. Just depends on what you’re into.

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