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 57 reviews)); "Sometimes you get a good team." ((in 12 reviews)); "Amazing coworkers some nice clients" ((in 9 reviews)); "BDA can have a great culture depending where you live." ((in 8 reviews)); "Comfortable working environment" ((in 6 reviews))

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

"Low pay and very hard to get a raise" ((in 37 reviews)); "Bad management and messy enviroment" ((in 27 reviews)); "Salaries are low" ((in 16 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)); "Medical benefits are a bit expensive compared to previous companies I've worked for" ((in 14 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

Not perfect but not pretending to be. - Anonymous employee BDA Employee Review

4.0

Feb 23, 2019

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Working on large projects for big brands is really interesting. Company events are fun and frequent. Young, energetic vibe. I've been here for less than two years and have had two managers, both have been approachable and focused on my success. I've climbed the Space Needle and spent the better part of a day at the downtown YMCA cleaning floors and gym equipment for charity. I've been to two holiday parties and countless company events. My observation is that leadership works really hard and invests in the culture. If you do your job and push yourself to grow there are a lot of opportunities here but you have to put in the work.

Cons

The company has outgrown a number of systems including training but that's a success problem so the glass is still half full. Sometimes I think the play hard part of work hard, play hard is a little over the top but that's a personal observation and I just don't participate. There are a lot of meetings, too many in my opinion and our technology for meeting facilitation is kinda crappy, also they rarely start on time which is annoying.

BDA Response

7y

Thanks for your balanced feedback! Yes, we too recognize our systems and training need some improvement and we are doing a lot of work behind the scenes to identify and implement solutions. Your advice is well timed and will be added to the conversations happening now. If you would like to continue the conversation directly feel free to reach out to feedback@bdainc.com.

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5.0

Aug 19, 2025

Analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fun events. Lots of motivated people you work with.

Cons

Lots of work that can lead to burnout.

2.0

Mar 31, 2026

Client service coordinator (csc)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Decent base salary if this is your first job out of University. - Free Swag - WFH Fridays - Smart and helpful colleagues

Cons

- Incredibly stressful, do NOT take this job if you do not have a high stress tolerance. - A ton of competing priorities that almost always require quick/immediate action. - You get a ton of emails and are expected to be able to pull up and reference any of them at a moments notice. - Constant whiplash between doing deep, focused work (presentation/catalogs) that have a ton of details and require your full attention versus quick/rapid fire tasks that you must address immediately. There were days where I was working on one presentation all day and couldn't get it done because of how much I was getting pinged to resolve other issues. - To get promoted you must essentially do the job of 2 people (CSC and PSA). Beyond that, there is no real career progression unless you want to go into sales. - Management always says to raise your hand if you need help. But when you ask for help, there is always pushback in the form of others having more task hours than you. - CEO took away one of the WFH days. When Qualtrics had negative feedback he essentially said "If you don't like it - then leave". He is a "Do as I say, not as I do." type of leader. - Workload and responsibilities are not commiserate to the salary.

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