Very large, successful pharma company with slow, bureaucratic culture. - Anonymous employee Bayer Employee Review

4.0
5 May 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very stable and consistently successful company. Multinational organization with presence around the globe. Well known and respected brand. Pays well for top talent. For people that are a good cultural fit, it is a great employer.

Cons

Has 100 years of cultural inertia. Intensely risk averse. Decision rights are not distributed and employees are not empowered. Very slow moving as a result. Very much a policy and procedure driven company, which enables people to avoid making any decisions.

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Cons

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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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