BDS Connected Solutions Reviews

Pros

• People - some great people who are fantastic to work with. • Leadership* - There are some great leaders there who you can learn from and genuinely care about you and your development • Fun Culture – There are multiple events a month that offer some combination of free food, free drinks, free activities (puppy party!), or social gathering (at least pre-COVID).

Cons

• Pay and Benefits – You will be severely underpaid for what you do and they openly admit to that claiming "other benefits" like flexible schedules and social events make up for that. For medical benefits – employee contributions and deductibles are high and are not the greatest. Most employees stay 1.5-2 years to get the experience/job title and then move on to better paying companies. • Leadership – Remember that asterisk above? Well, if you don’t get one of the great leaders at the company, you are likely stuck with a horrible manager. Someone who has no management experience and received no training on how to manage others. • Lack of follow-through – In my time with BDS, several different surveys and feedback programs were run. Each time they identified the same issues. Each time leadership came up with solutions. And each time the “solutions” were never completed and instead another survey was offered which identified the same issues that were never solved. • Disorganized – HR is a mess (with only 1-2 exceptions), especially at the top. They are slow to react to situations until a lawsuit is threatened. If you are interviewing for a position on the Break-Fix team…RUN! You’ll be overworked and underappreciated. Turnover is especially high on that team.

Pros

Work independently and you aren't just a number. You are a person

Cons

Hours aren't as flexible as they could be

Pros

Lots of support from fellow employees.

Cons

Took awhile to get campaigns going.

Pros

Flexible scheduling, remote work, and the ability to have high visibility to the client. The pay is decent for the amount of effort it takes to complete many facets of the role. The ability to communicate openly with leadership is great.

Cons

Fixed travel stipend is taxed and isn’t truly enough to compensate for the wear and tear on your car, or your body. Work can be quite monotonous and depending on the client, there isn’t much opportunity for growth within the company. Work life balance is terrible. You work on the weekends and are exhausted by the end of your work week.

Pros

Nice people Good experience Company cares about its employees

Cons

I got laid off unfortunately and wasn’t aware that my position was funded by another contract they had secured that decided not to resign even though my role had nothing to do with the contract. I wish I had been told this from the jump.