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      BASF

      Engaged Employer

      BASF reviews

      3.9

      71% would recommend to a friend

      (2,744 total reviews)
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      Michael Heinz

      76% approve of CEO

      36% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Senior management

      BASF has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,744 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BASF employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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      3K reviews
      4.0
      Nov 4, 2015

      Advancement- is difficult

      Agricultural research chemist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great team atmosphere, above-average retirement benefits, casual atmosphere, not stingy when requesting eqpt, maintenance, supplies etc. Lots and lots of good people. Mainly well-managed, esp. w.r.t. finding new products, getting them registered and to market. They make GREAT products. Very compliance-minded.

      Cons

      Advancement is VERY VERY difficult, unless you change groups. And changing groups is diffiocult. They like employees to specialize too much and not diversify. Tho' they talk a good game about employee development, they don't deliver.

      4.0
      Oct 30, 2015

      Can do much worse

      Operations engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexible schedules are one of the best pros of this company.

      Cons

      Highly matrix-ed organization can make decision making very labor intensive

      4.0
      Oct 19, 2015

      A Good Place

      Anonymous
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good Pay Interesting work Will hire recent graduates. Diverse workplace Good Safety record Friendly and professional chemical operators Nice Engineers who explain things Upward career mobility

      Cons

      The Chemical industry tends to favor men who are compulsive, smoke, and sleep 4 hours a day, but they have to hire women who sleep eight hours a day. Overall, it is a chill place to work; BASF encourages friendly and responsive employees. The compulsive employees stick out like sore thumbs. The Solo guys occasionally slip through (PhDs who have no experience working in a lab with undergrads). They are supposed to learn Process chemistry, but they will slowly drive the Chemical Engineers nuts with their compulsiveness and stodginess so they end up as solo guys. Avoid them at all costs. If you are a minority female, lodge a complaint, because these solo guys often come from the old country (NOT Germany- the Germans make great colleagues). The solo guy does not help with innovative ways to improve production. Chemical Industry is cyclical. Save your money and qualify for unemployment.

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