The Embarrassment which is BD....6th round of lay-offs.

BB is a complete and utter douchebag. He's the entire package. Whoever his boss is should be fired, eviscerated, and dumped into an acid bath. He's an embarrassment to the Embarrassment which is BD.

There are a FEW good ones in there @ BDT .... a few

BDT....time for some new blood at the top and to stop covering for those who can't keep up with or don't qualify for their job descriptions.

Has CG, the leader at BD Technologies, died yet? Could anyone tell if he did?

How the heck does BR manage to dodge the bullet? The saviour of bioscience - "my business plan was never implemented"... fast forward a few years - here BR go ahead - do what you said you'd do- fast forward another couple of years - launch what was already in development and -"oops" gotta get back to "flakes" - maybe I should put a golden boy in the seat to make it look good for me as a successor... yeah that'll work...

Forlenza - Wake the F up

Stop surrounding yourself with yes men.

Fish rots from the head down. Ludwig tolerated and even encouraged the culture of cronyism, now Forlenza builds up on that foundation. Frequently fire bunch of midlevel sacrifical lambs so the board doesn't start looking higher for heads to roll.

Constant high level chatter about how to get our gallup survey "employee engagement" numbers up out of the cellar. Cupcakes? More beatings? Fire some more folks?

How about "Don't be such dicks."

Well said.

Fish rots from the head down. Ludwig tolerated and even encouraged the culture of cronyism, now Forlenza builds up on that foundation. Frequently fire bunch of midlevel sacrifical lambs so the board doesn't start looking higher for heads to roll.

Constant high level chatter about how to get our gallup survey "employee engagement" numbers up out of the cellar. Cupcakes? More beatings? Fire some more folks?

How about "Don't be such dicks."

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Whats the scoop

what about the microbiology (old Difco)group

...There are so many better places to work than BD...

Amen. I feel sad for those who have been only with BD for decades, want to get out but don't have the ambition or guts to do anything about it. " Oh if only the economy was better, we all would leave this place" is what I hear. Well guess what, there are jobs out there! Go get them.

I'm glad I got out of BD when I got the chance. The entire time I was there, all I heard was "we have no money, poor us" after making billions in profit each year. A few of my friends lost their jobs from this layoff, but they'll be better off in the long run. There are so many better places to work than BD...

Tp is worthless.

Balderas is also one of the flakes

".. is time for Presidents to take responsibility for their actions and time to go for:
1. "Boy wonder" TP and his fat sidekick Shana"

Absolutely. We "wonder" why this arrogant know it all boy made it this far. He is not leadership material. Just alienates all the employees. And that fake Southern-belle S. is so useless. Where did they find HER?

Should toss ML. He's arrogant and much ado about nothing. Thought he was God when he was a bench scientist at Baxter Dade.

Jay Glasscock, President of $1 billion Cell Analysis Business Unit in San Jose was let go after 24 years and 10 months at BD. VP of Marketing, Lativia Ray-Alston was let go a could of months ago. A number of middle managers and first line salesreps go the axe too.

"....Pretty soon the VPs will have to do some work.

That would be nice. Instead of making the pawns redo slides multiple times, while they play with their Blackberries during the meetings. VPs and some presidents are a useless bunch. They are ultimately responsible for the numbers, yet they let hardworking worker bees get the axe. Tired of watching them selling off their millions of dollars of stock. Money that the affected employees they let go, can only dream of.

where will all of them go?

Pretty soon the VPs will have to do some work.

Top heavy- yes layoffs were on Thursday Sept 22, 2011.

Sounds like a ritual...

Still top heavy

250 in Flakes is a lot. They have been chipping away at Flakes for the past year.

250 in Flakes and 500 WW

Not entirely "misinformation". Many people from PAS WERE let go, not sure where you are getting your info.

Diabetes Care is part of Medical systems and gave at the office Thursday. Only a few people were let go in Diabetes Care and it is over. PAS didn't lay anyone off Friday and Biosciences started the blood letting earler last week. Don't expect anything more from Biosciences and Diognostics. Also don't think the company total was anywhere near 500.

The whole thing sucks but don't think we need mis-information out there.

BD Medical let go of 500 people worldwide n thursday 9-22. On friday 9-23 they hit the PAS division with layoffs. Rumor has it that BD Diabetes care, Diagnostic Systems and Biosciences divisions are having layoffs beginning monday of next week.

Regarding BD and ....There are greener pastures out there.

that's for sure!! anything is greener than that place

I used to work at BD FLKS for many years. I left to further my career but a big push was all the layoffs lately. I figured it would be better to start looking after surviving as many layoffs as I have. Anyway, the old BD was great. The holiday parties, the alumni association, the company picnics...all have been slowly reduced and or eliminated. As they say at BD, change happens...but I have very fond memories of BD and it is because of BD I am where I am today. My advice is to get with the times and only stay in a job for a few years and move on. The days are gone where you could stay relevant in your career sitting in the same position for 40 years. Things I do not miss are the ghetto parking garages, the horrible speed bumps, the unnecessarily high security presence lately, and some of the leadership folks. Sorry to those who lost their jobs, Good luck out there. There are greener pastures out there.

You are so right!

Pack up your coffee cup and pictures tonight folks because BD won't even give you a box when they walk you out the door.

Everyone in Corp Development should go.

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?pers...

Anyone over 45 should watch out. Systematic reduction of those older than the CFO.

Whoever applied to BD, run away!!!!! Mandatory con call for some employees tomorrow to do a mass execution similar to last year's firings.

Round 2....ding ding ding. The upper management is a bunch of idiots.

any idea when? have been hearing different days thoughout the week.

They should let TP go. He's such as ass

true. part of major restructure.

Is it trus JG of Biosciences was let go? Any rumors as to why?

BD is a grait company because it is reach, but the company is made from people, now BD employees are all under pression because BD in these last 2 years reduced its staff. In italy all the BU manager think to themselves and they try do float until they will be able. They are "YES MAN" and "PUPPETS", I hope that some of them will be kicked in the ass. Next time I will do the list with names so some BD employees will smile for that. by

I applied to BD recently. A lost cause right? Why work there anyway?

Dead weight is making these decisions!

About time. Dead weight has been killing us for years.