Does Bayer pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Bayer employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Bayer. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Bayer?

75% of Bayer employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Bayer 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Bayer?

Estagiário (308) , Intern (151) , Estagiário Superior (121) , Manager (106) , Data Scientist (103) , Project Manager (89) , Analista Júnior (77) , Analista (69) , Director (64) , Analista Pleno (63) , Sales Representative (61) , Internship (60) , Senior Associate (51) , Product Manager (49) , Software Engineer (47)

What are the pros of working at Bayer according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance if we complete our timelines of project on time" ((in 538 reviews)); "Good benefits (with life insurance and HMO 100k)" ((in 498 reviews)); "Bayer has accumulated great people from all over the CPG/OTC industry and put them together in one place." ((in 466 reviews)); "The culture at Bayer is great and the it promotes curiosity within employee to explore new ideas" ((in 349 reviews)); "Pay is good and acceptable." ((in 255 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Bayer according to real employee reviews?

"poor management with inconsistent goals." ((in 200 reviews)); "Poor leadership and decision making as regards the medical device business." ((in 83 reviews)); "Bad manager can suppress growth and development by not sharing true talent and in a lot of cases claiming credit for staffers work." ((in 80 reviews)); "Upper management is unwilling to listen to new ideas or implement processes that would better serve customers" ((in 46 reviews)); "Can't speak for Bayer, but it could be a bit much with favoritism and politics." ((in 24 reviews))

What are employees saying about Bayer layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Bayer layoffs and their outlook for job security at Bayer in 2026.

What Bayer locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Zárate , Munro , Buenos Aires , Rojas , Pergamino , Pilar

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3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(5,537 total reviews)

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

May 3, 2025

Less talking points and more heart

Digital transformation

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation, health insurance, broad scope of work and opportunity, global travel and career movement, personally impactful, rewarding work. You will work with amazing, good people.

Cons

Complicated local, regional and global teams with overlap and conflicting responsibilities. Too much turn over and downsizing resulting in lack of depth of knowledge and general ambiguity. Too much “McKinsey” culture.

2.0

Mar 17, 2025

Good Company Overall, But Software Division Has Serious Issues

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

• Decent contractor pay • Respectable benefits package for full-time employees • Interesting projects in healthcare tech • Some talented developers and team leads • Strong brand name on resume • Work-life balance is generally respected

Cons

• Shocking 40% pay cut when converting from contractor to full-time • Head of software engineering has zero software engineering experience (post-2024 layoffs) • Extreme educational bias - undergraduate degrees treated as worthless, talented self-taught or Bootcamp Engineers are being looked down upon • Top performers fired based on credentials, not actual performance while management claims it was performance despite their direct leadership saying otherwise • Aggressive offshoring of software projects • Toxic culture since the 2023 layoffs that continues to worsen • Pure politics determines advancement, not skill or results • Management treats employees as disposable numbers • "Yes-men" culture enforced throughout leadership

1.0

Mar 6, 2025

Good Comp, Poor Leadership, Worsening Culture

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Total Rewards: Salary, Incentives, 401k match and Health Benefits are all excellent.

Cons

The past and present leadership in Germany has made a lot of bad decisions. Their DSO restructuring was also poorly executed and over empowered VPs who often valued politics and perception more than merit. The company then laid off a lot of hardworking managers, blamed them for bureaucracy while celebrating the layoffs and their soccer team. Very tone deaf.

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