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      Bayer

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      Bayer reviews

      3.9

      75% would recommend to a friend

      (5,550 total reviews)
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      Bill Anderson

      63% approve of CEO

      44% positive business outlook

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      Bayer has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,550 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bayer employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Farmacéutica y biotecnología industry (3.5 stars).

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      6K reviews
      3.0
      Aug 13, 2013

      Depending on the department and manager, there is a wide span of pros and cons

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      The people are very friendly and professional. Employees work hard and care about the success of the company. Bayer pays very well, has good benefits, and a lot of career opportunity if you are willing to relocate. There are many good mid level managers.

      Cons

      Work/life balance can be an issue, for some departments more than others. There are two big cultural issues at Bayer: the good old boys club is the first one, which is enabled by the second. That is the company values are endorsed by senior management but consistently applied or modeled at all. There seem to be power plays and favoritism. Rumors suggest a very divisive executive group that is dysfunctional. This behavior appears to be not only tolerated, but encouraged.

      4.0
      Jun 9, 2013

      Loved it

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Nice ppl. Good pays and benefits. I was outsourced I loved it here they r very fair.

      Cons

      High lay offs and they focus on level of degrees over level of experience

      3.0
      Mar 7, 2013

      The best place to learn about pharma

      Qa manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The company has the money and is willing to spend it to improve the facilities, the business processes, and the training. Operational Excellence is a boon for this company. They have created a culture of change. I recommend getting into and becoming part of the OpEx initiatives. The facilities are old so improvement is a must.

      Cons

      The quality of the upper leadership (vice-presidents and directors) are questionable. When your leadership does not know the difference between a Pharm.D. and a Ph.D. and the technical abilities of the person, you know that you are in trouble. When your Vice-Presidents hire Directors who sit and draw pictures during a FDA visit, you know you are in trouble. When your Vice-Presidents can not show the vision that was communicated by the CEO in Germany, you are in trouble. When Ph.D.s that were hired to lead a department don't have a clue how to lead, one has to question what was learned in that Ph.D. program.

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