Bayer reviews

Clueless management and very high turnover. OMG. People placed into leadership IT roles with little or no management or technical experience. A patch-worked systems that is an embarrassment to be called a software development lifecycle. Critical software systems went down all the time with most of the time spent in bug fixing. A remote and dispersed team with some really odd personalities. A lot of insecure people just out to prove themselves, especially one that have been there for some time. A team leader who left that probably got booted out because of numerous hr issues against him. Really high turnover because management couldn't care less about building loyalty and cultivating talent.

I've been continually overworked with insurmountable tasks for years. Expectations of employees are incredibly imbalanced. Some are worked into the ground with no recognition while others are celebrated and awarded for simple tasks. Begging for more manpower or funding for tools that could make tasks more efficient is futile. Meanwhile, responsibilities continually grow in an unrelenting fashion. Low and mid-level managers are absolutely frightened of German leadership. Genuine concerns are considered 'rocking the boat'. Raising concerns is not worth the effort. Managers often avoid taking employee concerns, ideas, and suggestions to upper management. The company claims an open door policy while my department is run by chain of command due to former law enforcement and military mindsets in the department. HR looks the other way often. I've asked for HR involvement during a heated discussion with a manager and the request was ignored. I've asked for escalation or HR involvement in an issue with a coworker and that request was ignored. What used to be a passion is now just job. I search NextDoor almost every night looking for new opportunities. I no longer recommend working for Bayer.