Does BDA pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, BDA employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at BDA. This rating has decreased by 18% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at BDA?

36% of BDA employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated BDA 2.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 2.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at BDA?

Account Manager (35) , Business Development Associate (BDA) (12) , Client Service Coordinator (11) , Client Services Coordinator (11) , Client Service Coordinator (CSC) (10) , Program Coordinator (9) , National Account Manager (8) , Project Manager (8) , Sales Associate (8) , Program Manager (7) , Sales (7) , Director (6) , Retail Sales Associate (5) , Sales Coordinator (5) , Customer Service Representative (4)

What are the pros of working at BDA according to real employee reviews?

"flexibility and great people to work with" ((in 49 reviews)); "My team is always willing to brainstorm and share ideas." ((in 10 reviews)); "BDA can have a great culture depending where you live." ((in 9 reviews)); "flexible hours and understanding management" ((in 7 reviews)); "Great clients to work with" ((in 6 reviews))

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

"Low pay (at least 10k less than the industry standard for your role)" ((in 33 reviews)); "Poor management and horrible communication." ((in 27 reviews)); "Salaries are low" ((in 15 reviews)); "Direct manager refused to teach, Refused to give guidance or support and was very much not a leader but looked at me as competition." ((in 14 reviews)); "Benefits also suck if you have more than just yourself you're trying to get covered." ((in 12 reviews))

What are employees saying about BDA layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about BDA layoffs and their outlook for job security at BDA in 2026.

What are the top reviewed BDA locations?

Woodinville , Seattle , Plainfield , Austin , Atlanta , Round Rock , New York , Washington , Charlotte , Indianapolis , Kansas City , Goodyear , Scottsdale , Troy , Washington , Dallas , Fort Worth , Irvine , San Francisco , Bothell , Kirkland , Lynnwood , Boston , Greenville

BDA reviews

2.8

36% would recommend to a friend

(105 total reviews)

Jay Deutsch

37% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

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3.0

Diversity & inclusion

2.8

Culture & values

2.7

Senior management

2.6

Work/Life balance

2.6

Career opportunities

2.5

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1.0

Nov 23, 2014

Machiavellian. Deceptive beyond belief.

Import buyer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A great place to learn what poor leadership looks like. If you want people to trust you and follow you to the ends of the earth, watch how these people behave and then just do the opposite.

Cons

Low pay, promises of higher pay that will go unrealized, intimidation, expected to work uncompensated overtime, company "fundraisers" where the staff is coerced into making cash "donations" to a charity that the company then makes in their own name taking the tax deduction for themselves. One can safely assume that any positive remarks about bd&a written on this website were probably written by current HR staff in a desperate effort to improve their shabby reputation. A totally soul crushing place to work.

2.0

Oct 22, 2014

Review of BDA

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Creative merchandise agency that has connections across multiple business platforms including pro sports, gaming industry, pharmaceutical and more. Employees are genuinely good, hardworking people. If you are strong at sales, you will realize great rewards. If you are part of the inner circle, you will realize even greater rewards.

Cons

Growth of the company is limited by the controlling leadership style of the owners. Senior management is manipulative and toxic, and lead by intimidation. Compensation is predominantly salary based plus bonus, but the bonus is always in the employers favor, not the employee.

4.0

Aug 4, 2014

Good experience with company overall, but Call Center management needs improving, greatly!

Customer service representative

Recommend

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Pros

This could be a very fun company to work for, especially if you have a good manager and you work in any department other than the Call Center. The owners are in the office most everyday, they like to have fun, work hard and they love to PARTY! Beer Fridays, happen often, I don't drink beer but I thing it was pretty neat that we were able to have beer on occasion while at work. The parties are off the hook awesome, especially the Holiday party and Holloween. The Holiday party is first-class and one you'll want to attend, plan to stay in the city for the night to make the most of the experience if you are not able to stay in the city they will pay for a cab to get you all the way back home safely, if need be. The company has many sample sales, which rock! You can pretty much buy Presents for your entire family for $20. The benefits are great and overall the company has some very sharp people working for them. Working under good management, it is a good place to work.

Cons

The pay could be higher. Call Center does not get to attend the company meetings so it makes you feel left out at this level any other level, it would be fine. The company parties are for hired on full-time employees only. It seems that people on salary do put in a lot of hours but so long as your working under management that inspires you to do so, I suppose that can be a good thing.

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