BASF reviews

Most are specific to the San Diego location. - BASF Enzymes is a subsidiary of BASF. It's still the same old, poorly run startup (Verenium-acquired by BASF) that it once was. - Low pay: San Diego salaries are significantly below biotech industry standards. - No professional development: This is where innovation goes to die. New ideas are shut down unless they come from the very top. Bench level scientists are expected to be a pair of hands, no brain needed. You will be micromanaged to death. Any deviation from the department director's will (no matter how reasonable) is punished. - The desirable location in San Diego means there's always a long line of over-qualified people out the door, willing to work for pennies. Therefore, you see people with grad degrees becoming dishwashers or replacing robotic arms. It's a revolving door for new hires, while Verenium lifers stick around as they have nowhere else to go. - As big a name as they are in chemicals, BASF is a nobody in the enzymes business. The big goal is to garner 3% market share, and being a comodities company, they need to get there cheap: No need for innovation, just try to copy someone else and sell it cheaper. - Massive size: It's like working for the government. Things move at the pace of continents and nothing gets done in human years.

Toxic work culture, lacks clear visions/strategies, poor leadership, unaspiring leaders, most employees are out for themselves and next steps. Promotes those with bad behaviors that are not aligned with the company direction or code. Paperwork and leaders comments are ones you can stand behind, but people especially the leaders do the opposite. Your told to go to leaders and HR if people don't follow our code of conduct but when you do nothing changes or people are just shifted around.