If you’re from PI brace yourself the president from SM specimen management from flks is coming to a screen near you and she will destroy everything in her way .. all I can tell you is SM is celebrating her exit ..

Anyone? They MUST be coming......'tis the season after all......

Read in the news that 800 single family and low income houses are planned for the land - maybe it's me, but what they sold off can't possibly hold that many - they've planned for expansion. So does that mean that they'll be tearing down the... — read more 

BD Sumter alum here. From what I hear - virtually all of manufacturing management from the old days has either left on their own accord or been pushed out the door. How is the plant doing nowadays? I hear rumors it’s a disaster - but wanted to see if... — read more 

If they expect us to Deliver What We Own and Make Quality Personal and Help Each Other Win, then BD needs to do their part. Pay us our full raise and our full bonus. You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours

Central customer service that then gets outsourced. Marketing teams assigned to servicing customer accounts. Then lay them off. Centralize complaint intake, then outsource that function. Manufacturing plants that remove inspection steps, drive work... — read more 

I was working with a wonderful colleague who has been such an asset to our organization today. Over many months I’ve seen her go from the can do kid, to overwhelmed and burning out. She like many of us feel like we are backed up to a wall…if not me... — read more 

If your company is making record profits, the employees should be getting record raises and bonuses. Otherwise, consider us servants

Another year of doing beyond what was asked, exceeding targets, cost savings, etc, and HR still won’t give enough “strong” or “exceptional” rating options to teams. Seems like HR and LT are hand selecting which teams are allowed to have strong or... — read more 

Managers across BD received an email letting us know that raises this year will be less then the normal 3%. So thanks for all the hard work but BD doesn't care.

Any info on the next round? I hate holding my breath every year when it starts happening. Just me?

Will you have to be completely co-located at one or two main BU sites? For example what UCC is doing with making everyone be in Covington. Some BUs have functions that are mostly remote or associates who are based out of other BD sites that are not... — read more 

We lost two people who were integral to our team. Their work has to be done. The rest of us are already overworked, so if they expect us to be the ones to do it, they're in for a rude awakening. I don't think somebody really thought things through... — read more 

On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate our workplace culture in terms of toxicity? (1 = not toxic at all, 10 = extremely toxic) For those who’ve been around long enough to see BD at its best, do you think a change in leadership could bring those... — read more 

Who else ?

well BDX is at 178 today......christ almighty when will TP be held accountable??? Guess more layoffs coming soon........

Gee....one has to wonder....do they know something? (removes tongue from cheek): Insider Trading Activity and Trends Over the past year, Michael Feld has sold a total of 953 shares of Becton Di-kinson & Co and has not purchased any shares during that... — read more 

We had a great manager who was knowledgeable, supportive, and respected. They forced him out and now we have a credit-stealing dolt. Can somebody explain to me why this was done? Because I certainly can't figure this stupidity out.

If Tom makes that decision, are we going to replace Ms. Fleming with someone similar? BD has one of the most inefficient IT teams, and only a capable leader can turn it around. However, I doubt that many qualified candidates would be interested in... — read more 

Jeff Silverstri QA head is retiring. Thank you for trying to put quality first at BD. In spite of the messaging from above our commitment to quality is reflected by our too frequent recalls, FDA 483 and warnings letters. Head count reductions to QA... — read more 

the stock tanks again? The stock is backup to where it was 6 months ago. How long you all think before it tanks again?!

For those of you who were asking for her departure your wish has come true. D. Fleming is “retiring” another EVP bites the dust. So when will Tom bite the dust?

So what are we all hearing with regard to the next round.....can we expect the typical fiscal year purge or will they wait until December to give some lovely holiday cheer.....? What're you hearing? Who's out?

So no word on the brand launch still? Lol

Heard about 15 in R&D

Mike Garrison is leaving BD “retiring”, the projects are not doing well.. what’s happening to that business? No leaders can stay

I don't understand how our org chart makes any sense. Why do so many people/groups report up to people that aren't really in their same area of work, or region for that matter? I can see cross-region reporting when it makes sense, but it doesn't... — read more 

Do the higher-ups at BD seriously feel no shame handing jobs to their kids? What’s the point of sending them to good school district and giving them every advantage under the sun if they still need na--d nepotism just to get their foot in the door?... — read more 

Whether a role can be performed effectively from home ultimately depends on the nature of the work itself. In many cases, remote employees go above and beyond compared to their in-office counterparts. For example, when meetings are scheduled at 6:30... — read more 

Real estate ad shows the BD site in San Antonio is available. I know they had cut staff before, but did they shut the location?

Just layed off 42 people in Columbus more to come

So what happened that 24hrs before the new brand ‘launch’ the whole thing got ‘postponed’. There has to be more there.

I still don’t understand the whole BD Excellence thing. What do the Excellence Officers do? Has anyone attended a session in the new training center in Flakes? I haven’t had much time to look into this and would like to hear from people who are up... — read more 

Our manager went on leave and let us know a few days later through email he was no longer with the company. Now we're sitting here without a manager not sure if he was fired, laid off, or just left on his own. Frankly, he wasn't a great guy so I... — read more 

Anyone have updates?

Im sorry to say, this place is beyond cooked....and its not just BD, its the whole world. Balance no longer exists. What remains is a world defined by imbalance so constant that it has become indistinguishable from normalcy. Excess and deficiency... — read more 

Glad to see BD has finally allowed an employee stock purchase program. I was a J&J employee for about 10 years and purchased stock. It was a nice incentive. Held it for years and made a nice profit rolling dividend long after I left. With the... — read more 

Denise, I hope you're listening and reading the feedback from sites like TheLayoff. It should come as no surprise that BD employees are fed up with the non-sense and your incoherent babbling in the townhalls acting like you understand anything that's... — read more