BASF reviews

Where do I begin? The company is very profit oriented despite all the sustainability propaganda that lures you in to work with them. In Berlin, where jobs are rather supportive to those in Ludwigshafen, they care little about the well-being of their employees - crowded offices, poor on-boarding experience, even poorer salaries, no flexibility when it comes to the language (they hire more and more foreigners, promise the work in English, but continue to hold all the meetings in German), the top manager during the introduction session basically admitted he got there by a lucky coincidence. The systems and processes are outdated and very complex. Overall, I had the most terrible experience in the job market I have ever had.

BASF has been in "belt-tightening" mode for the last 5 years and it is becoming a bit oppressive. When I first started here over 8 years ago you felt like you were completely unencumbered to do your job. There were off-site trainings and team bulding events that really contributed to cohesieve teams. Then "AP fitness" happened. SInce then it individual contributor workload has increased and anything that you have to do as part of your job that involves discretionary spending is a huge deal (e.g. if you have to travel for a meeting with your global team they act like you have your hand in the till). I understand that the ag economy has been in the toilet for a while and you have to remain profitable, but you can only live like this for so long before people start looking elswhere.