For me no, volatility is not a bad thing because as we can see everytime that the price will going down this is actually our chance to buy bitcoin in a low price then the price will be higher again we just need to wait when its happen.
The only negative of volatility is that Bitcoin can not be used for payments, but unfortunately volatility will not be used for payments, even if the volatility is low. I guess this will just be a dream, because nobody wants to pay about $ 25 transfer fee.