Bayer reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(5,545 total reviews)
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Bill Anderson

63% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Bayer has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,545 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
4.0
Feb 21, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Bayer has an understanding human resource department and upper management. There is a good amount of leeway for who have to deal with personal issues such as school, family, health etc.

Cons

Over management by lower management, there are quite a few micro managers and they are not fun to work with. Bayer need to teach their managers how to be competent managers. This problem started with the acquirement of a smaller company which led to talent exodus. people in lower positions were moved up but some of them are not fully trained to be managers or have not had enough management experience.

5.0
Feb 10, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Multinational company with presence in very diverse industries Great opportunities for career development and job rotation Great geographical flexibility (you can pretty much plan to work in any country in the world) Protective of its employees and their needs (great work-life balance opportunities)

Cons

Bureaucracy Slow speed of decisions (and then changes to decisions) Compensation practices could be better Certain pockets still work through 'kiss-up-promotions' (sad but true!)

4.0
Jan 7, 2009

good

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

career opportunities are very good

Cons

it is a very big company

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