Trending towards Toxic Culture in Product Development - Full Stack Developer Bayer Employee Review

2.0
28 Sept 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Lax dress code. Can wear jeans and TShirt to work in Products Development. Solid, modern tech stack. You have lots of freedom as a developer to use whatever tools you want.

Cons

* Product Development is shifting towards a very negative culture. People advancing in the org (lower level leads) are extremely opinionated and do not accept new ideas or feedback. They are very heavily biased towards their favorite teams and people and treat everyone outside their circle poorly * Culture among developers across-teams is cynical and negative. Developers and teams throw each other under the bus rather than lift them up * Teams are not willing to help each other and instead hide behind aforementioned leads in order to do the least amount of work possible * A culture of team work is no longer present. It's so cut-throat. Makes me sad after working there so long * Compensation lags far behind your skill/achievements and never catches up * Annual cash incentive process is black box and not dispersed according to skill/achievements

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Cons

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Pros

I met some really great people there. I felt like I was truly a part of something bigger than myself. Loved the goal... health for all, hunger for none. I mentored some brilliant minds, and I am honored to have been there to support them.

Cons

If the team you're working with likes you, you're golden. If you do things a little differently but can still achieve good results, it will not be enough. Basically, fit in or they will find clever ways to get rid of you, like putting you in charge of a project that you have little-to-no experience working on, and then terminate you when things aren't 100% better.

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