Pros
Overall, BD is a good company with a strong purpose and a “BD Nice” culture. I’ve been in a couple roles in different business units, and found the work to be quite rewarding. People are very collaborative, perhaps even too consensus driven in their decision making.
Cons
BD needs to improve the gender equity, especially at the top. During the many years I was there, all 3 segment Presidents and all 10 BU Presidents were men. Even at the VP/GM and Platform Leader level, it was >80% men. When I was pregnant and had a baby, I did not feel supported. My manager actually told my direct reports that “things would get worse” while I was out on maternity leave. I understand how my maternity leave is not optimal, but communicating it so directly to my own team really made me feel pressure to come back early from leave.