Toxic work environment - Human Resources Business Partner BDA Employee Review

1.0
Oct 25, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

There are absolutely no pros with BDA

Cons

BDA is very toxic along with owner and managers, who treat their associates in an unprofessional manner! Associates are belittled in front of others openly! Plainfield site has shown that there is a new HR representative at least every six months. Turnover is high. With the proof in front of their face, it seems like they would have a clue that there is something very wrong with how the company is being ran! Communication is horrible, management is shady, and one not to care about their associates. Human beings are just a number and a warm body to them. I would not advise anyone to work for BDA and for those who are looking for human resources position, do not apply!!!! eventually you will be treated horribly, not valued, not listened to and degraded! Job description, and expectation of what you are told upfront is false. This was the most unprofessional and unkind business I have ever worked for!

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5.0
Aug 19, 2025
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Pros

Fun events. Lots of motivated people you work with.

Cons

Lots of work that can lead to burnout.

2.0
Mar 31, 2026
Recommend
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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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