Come on down to H1B town - Anonymous employee Bayer Employee Review

1.0
Mar 25, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It's a household name for your resume. Sure, the company is infamous, but any press is good press, right?

Cons

HR encourages us to list a master's degree as a requirement on positions that don't really need one. That way, they can go to the government and say, "Look, we can't find qualified people! You MUST let us bring over some more H1Bs!" Then, after we've passed over some good candidates who had the misfortune of being US citizens, we bring over someone who meets our inflated requirements (on paper) and has a master's degree (from a diploma mill). By a strange coincidence, they happen to cost less than all of the US citizens that we passed over earlier.

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compensation, team, boss, best technology, strong pipeline

Cons

bureaucracy, tough to influence change, slow to adjust, burn out,

3.0
Jun 11, 2026
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Pros

Better pay than other companies My team - full of hardworking and knowledgable individuals.

Cons

Leadership/Management - can be micromanaging at times and not a lot of guidance/resources being provided. Projects can change swiftly at Bayer, and most of the times there's no background context given. Work/life balance - asked to be "flexible" with schedule for last-minute requests, then criticized for having life/responsibilities outside of work. Also, these last minute requests reflect poor planning on management. Lack of team morale - seems like it's all work and not a lot of play. Burnout culture and not a lot of incentives to perform better.

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