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      Bayer

      Engaged Employer

      Bayer reviews

      3.9

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (5,565 total reviews)
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      Bill Anderson

      63% approve of CEO

      44% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Senior management

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      Bayer has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,565 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 Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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      6K reviews
      3.0
      Sep 26, 2016

      OK if you like doing the same thing

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nice people, benefits, work-life balance

      Cons

      Need a degree, not a lot of room for advancement

      4.0
      Sep 24, 2016

      Huge international company with old German mindset

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - One of, if not the highest paying company in Germany. Fantastic bonus structure, fair working hours, 6 weeks leave standard. - Some great opportunities to interact with people from all over the world and, if interested, take expat assignments to other sites. - A lot of internal opportunities if you're looking for upward mobility (and extremely secure positions if not).

      Cons

      Huge companies equal huge and slow bureaucracy. Nothing moves fast and nothing is flexible. If you're lucky enough to work in the HQ, you may have a shot at contributing toward new ideas, but if not, you're SOL. The countries outside Germany are looked down upon and the general mindset is that no one but Germans are smart enough to know what's best for the company. Middle management is always very concerned with image and leadership is driven more from fear of reprisal than anything else. The amount of manhours spent appeasing the higher ups is astounding. Because of this mindset, the blaming of mistakes on others and personal attacks against competence of coworkers is very prevalent.

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