Is Bayer a good company to work for?

Bayer has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 11,952 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 75% of employees would recommend working at Bayer to a friend and 45% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Bayer have been left by employees working as Intern , Engineering Co-Op and Software Developer .

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 (310) , Intern (151) , Estagiário Superior (122) , Manager (106) , Data Scientist (104) , Project Manager (89) , Analista Júnior (77) , Analista (69) , Director (65) , 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 including health and extra" ((in 520 reviews)); "Bayer has accumulated great people from all over the CPG/OTC industry and put them together in one place." ((in 463 reviews)); "The culture at Bayer is great and the it promotes curiosity within employee to explore new ideas" ((in 360 reviews)); "Pay is good and acceptable." ((in 258 reviews))

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

"The management was poor." ((in 202 reviews)); "Poor leadership and decision making as regards the medical device business." ((in 84 reviews)); "not good managers which are not proper" ((in 80 reviews)); "Upper management is unwilling to listen to new ideas or implement processes that would better serve customers" ((in 49 reviews)); "limited career opportunities at higher levels" ((in 26 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?

Champaign , Kearney , Lincoln , Ankeny , Waco , Boone , Soda Springs , Illiopolis , San Jose , Sacramento

Bayer reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(5,547 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 5,547 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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Reviews by job title

6K reviews

3.0

Oct 31, 2024

New leadership doesn’t know what to do

Senior engineering manager

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CEO approval

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Pros

Great culture and people highly skilled and professional

Cons

New leadership doesn’t know what to do with the low stock prices, and new ceo has thrown the value of the company through the window, replacing it with his own “dynamic shared ownership” that nobody understands or have experience with.

Bayer Response

1y

Thank you for your feedback on Glassdoor. This new and powerful operating model will help keep us mission-focused while putting our customers and products at the center and more power in the hands of people doing the work. This means faster work cycles and continual improvement, enabling mindsets and behaviors and a significant shift in leadership, to name a few of our key principles. This won't happen overnight. Any change of this scale requires tough questions, challenging decisions, and some temporary discomfort including changes to reduce layers and simplify structures. We're working towards that and are thankful for feedback as we move through the process.

1.0

Apr 1, 2024

Bayer is an immoral and unethical company

Senior staff associate

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Pros

This company is immoral. They cover up a lot of violations and errors. If you report them, you become a target and may as well find another job. Lots of illegal practices and as long as they get away with it, they will not correct it. I still hold on to all of my documents in the event there is a need for them. Company morale a d culture is subpar.

Cons

Everything. Poor management. They don't follow their own policies. They are dishonest. They will lie and fabricate information in a lawsuit. Workplace bullying and harassment is never properly addressed. It is allowed. They even lied about my employment dates to cover up the fact they had terminated my employment while I was on medical leave, which is illegal. That was not the only illegal thing they did.

1.0

Mar 11, 2024

Crumbling company, clueless CEO

Scientist

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance (pre-RTO, anyway)

Cons

Leadership continues to peddle an untested new way of working that the new CEO invented. The purpose appears to be to gaslight us into feeling we have ownership of decisions that impact ourselves and our customers, when in reality the former leadership teams have simply retreated into shadowy "champion squads" and continue to make decrees that help no one but themselves. You can expect the CEO to take his bonus after layoffs and ride away into the sunset, leaving in ruins what used to be a vibrant and meaningful place to work.

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