Bayer Software Developer reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(47 total reviews)
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Bill Anderson

78% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Bayer with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 47 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Bayer is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Farmacéutica y biotecnología industry (3.5 stars).

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47 reviews
4.0
Mar 27, 2025

My Honest Review

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent Salary, Great Office, Multicultural working environment

Cons

A degree of chaos, lack of clear career path for employees, need to do more work with less people

2.0
Mar 17, 2025
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

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