BD Reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(5,275 total reviews)
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68% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

BD has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 5,275 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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2.0
17 Mar 2016

CareFusion is not a BD company

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Pros

I have worked at CareFusion before it was CareFusion, when it was Cardinal. I've seen lots of transitions, acquisitions, and changes in management. The 5 or so years it was CareFusion was a great time to see the company grow and be so financially successful which was shared with the employees. There was so much flexibility if you were in the right group, work from home, flex hours, and PTO if you were around during the Cardinal transition. Lots of really great people in the organization as well.

Cons

Now that BD has acquired the company the culture and everything that made CareFusion a great place to work has slowly crumbled. There was lots of lip service that BD was going to respect the different cultures, best of both worlds, blah, blah, blah. This turned out l like most acquisitions, lots of jobs lost and counting, complete disregard for the culture of CareFusion and one of the reasons why the company was successful. BD recognizes that there are many processes and programs in place at CFN which they are adopting, only to tell people who run these programs to train others so it all can be moved to the BD SSC in San Antonio. No one I have worked with at BD appears to be happy, they almost seem downtrodden. BD spends money sending people to travel across the country for a meeting at the drop of a hat, zero consideration on spend and savings. There are so many people doing just one specific task or involved in others business that you have no idea how anything gets done or who is doing it. The management at BD said they respected the knowledge of CFN employees but that's only so they can capture it and then you are out. Even in those scenarios people are told there positions will be eliminated but not when. The management group at BD seems almost crippled in making decisions, I've never seen so much hemming and hawing going on but then when decisions are not made others are blamed. Zero direction on projects.

2.0
12 May 2018

Senior Manager

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Pros

The pay and benefits are adequate. The pension, just recently removed, was a perk. There are people who care about their job and the company—-but they have very little support.

Cons

As a senior leader with 25+ years experience, and heavily recruited to join this organization, I was incredibly disappointed. A lack of gender and cultural diversity at the senior levels, 1990’s HR protocols, antiquated systems and processes, arrogance amongst leadership that is staggering, an inability to pivot and make the tough decisions....and that is just the beginning. Until this company embraces a more contemporary and modern culture, they will be weighed down by a homogeneous, old school leadership team incapable of attracting and retaining top talent. During my brief tenure I saw a constant stream of talented and vibrant minds walk out the door in frustration. Think long and hard before joining this company.

4.0
10 Sept 2018

So Far So Good

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The organization I am in was recently acquired by BD. So far it has been the most transparent integration I've been associated with. Recent Corporate management changes indicate they are living up to their claimed goal of assessing best practices between the legacy organizations and incorporating those that position the organization for the greatest growth.

Cons

Too much time is spent, by too many people, in meetings. Sooner or later this will have a negative impact on our productivity.

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