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      Bayer

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      Bayer reviews

      3.9

      75% would recommend to a friend

      (5,537 total reviews)
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      Bill Anderson

      63% approve of CEO

      45% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Senior management

      Bayer has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,537 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
      Jan 16, 2016

      Just nameless, faceless cogs

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good pay and benefits. Talented, conscientious coworkers. Excellent 401k matching. Opportunities to do really good work and help people with products.

      Cons

      Upper management provides little direction, changes strategy constantly without explanation, and holds the threat of layoffs over your head nearly all the time. It's a typical, large multinational corporation... reorganizations are a consistent reality. As a German company, hierarchy is important - this is not a flat organization or an empowering one.

      1.0
      Sep 3, 2014

      Horrible company. ..thank goodness I left

      Anonymous
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Bayer has a decent vacation policy

      Cons

      Does not promote from within, does not recognize hard work, managers are mean.

      2.0
      Oct 26, 2010

      Great company to work for - if you work for them and not aren't a "temporary worker" who works there for years on end...

      It analyst
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      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A company with a storied history both positive and negative, that treats it's permanent employees like valuable rare minerals. They're hardly ever terminated, always being transferred to another department if theirs is closed down etc. Promotions for permanent employees are a matter of course, due to those who simply do their job adequately for a period of time or those who are friends with someone higher up in the chain of command.

      Cons

      The "cons" are if you're one of the second class at BBTS, the contractors (pun intended). Also known as permatemps, many of them endure working the same tasks as permanent employees without benefits, no paid holidays, no sick days, no time and a half on holidays, no vacation, no wage increases, and no hope of advancement. Plus, you get to watch as the actual full time employees around you get the day off paid, making more than you do working that same day. That is of course until they come back on the next regular business day, only to look the other way some more when you walk by in the hall rushing for the scraps of the executives' catered food left on the kitchen counters. Sound like a place you'd like to work? My advice - run, and run fast!

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