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      Bayer

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      Bayer reviews

      3.9

      75% would recommend to a friend

      (5,549 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

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Senior management

      Bayer has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,549 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 Farmacêutica e biotecnologia industry (3.5 stars).

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      6K reviews
      1.0
      Dec 6, 2018

      Corrupt and Cold

      Production assembler
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's unfortunate there are none!!

      Cons

      Their LIFE values are a joke! Their leadership is a set up... major favoritism and friend to friend. There is no more structure. Their morals are very loose and approach is very impersonal, meaning that you are treated like you will never matter. You are just another robot body to fill a spot. They ensure that you feel this way as well. It has sadly taken a turn for the worst and it progresses as time does, making you question your worth and the worth of what you thought you signed up for.

      4.0
      Oct 24, 2017

      Company reflects German values of hard work, process orientation, efficiency and consensus-driven

      Senior project manager
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - R&D productivity has been better than other larger pharma peers, but currently facing a sales slump, due to poor pipeline and management being focused on M&A - Consensus based decision-making in general, but certain business units and functions are going to vary from the norm - highly selective in recruiting talent, and has evolved its HR capabilities to one where there are good tools for training, performance management and feedback (which all is important, but secondary to having good leadership) - Great training ground for managers and leaders

      Cons

      - Leadership has varied from being empowering, inspiring and motivating in 2 departments that I was at, to a couple of other departments where it was conflict-ridden, personality-driven and ambiguous goal-setting - Very risk-averse culture in the U.S., and Germany is always interfering and micro-managing decisions affecting U.S. teams, projects, and business initiatives; long-term effect is that all the smart and visionary positions have migrated to Germany, and U.S. has mostly been reduced to the passenger seat - Executive suite and top management of Bayer is dominated by Germans. Top Management is represented by Group Leadership Circles (GLC-1, GLC-2, GLC-3); Very poor representation of non-Germans, who often times are equally talented if not more; non-German managers tend to leave to take on leadership posts at other US or European companies

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