Is BASF a good company to work for?

BASF has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 9,405 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 69% of employees would recommend working at BASF to a friend and 38% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about BASF have been left by employees working as Internship , PDP Engineering and Intern .

Does BASF pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, BASF employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at BASF. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at BASF?

69% of BASF employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated BASF 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at BASF?

Estagiário (351) , Intern (187) , Estagiário Superior (129) , Manager (104) , Internship (103) , Project Manager (73) , Engineer (61) , Lab Technician (55) , Chemical Operator (53) , Product Manager (51) , Estágio Superior (48) , Process Engineer (47) , Sales Manager (46) , Account Manager (42) , Analista (42)

What are the pros of working at BASF according to real employee reviews?

"good benefits and everyone at the plant is welling to help out and try to find solutions." ((in 521 reviews)); "Good work life balance and can easily take paid leave" ((in 260 reviews)); "Also great people that are caring and all support each other" ((in 255 reviews)); "Pay and benefits are good but lagging in the industry now as they have stagnated for long" ((in 230 reviews)); "Loved the culture and the people and the great cafe!" ((in 177 reviews))

What are the cons of working at BASF according to real employee reviews?

"low salary and it is quite sad" ((in 169 reviews)); "Extremely hot out cold depending on time of year and poor management." ((in 157 reviews)); "Can be a great place to work if you have a good manager." ((in 58 reviews)); "Upper management is stressing lean manufacturing and becoming profit over people" ((in 26 reviews)); "Very little interaction is given by senior management and feedback is not appreciated, nor acted upon." ((in 9 reviews))

What are employees saying about BASF layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about BASF layoffs and their outlook for job security at BASF in 2026.

What BASF locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Memphis , Jackson , Hannibal , Morrisville , Atlanta , Jersey City , New York , Monaca , Chicago , Saint Louis

BASF reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(2,737 total reviews)

Michael Heinz

76% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

BASF has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,737 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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Reviews by job title

3K reviews

1.0

Jul 18, 2023

Discrimination, Gaslighting, Bullying

Research technician ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

big company looks good on resume

Cons

Polymers is a dead end for R&D discrimination - sexist, and will be treated differently unless you are white or black. Zero care given to those with disabilities and retaliation is taken if you try to speak up gaslighting - management will say one thing and another the next day, lie to you and HR will back them up. They treat you like dirt then right when you're about to quit they give crumbs and false promises to get you to stay bullying - management gangs up on technicians and "make examples" of those who try to "speak up". I saw someone get physically assaulted and there were no consequences. Those with disabilities are spoken down to and kept from becoming full time hires

2.0

May 12, 2023

Typical Global Corporation

Instrumentation technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

As long as your work gets done no one bothers you. Great network of vendors to work with, and plenty engineers for questions that are willing to help. Vacation is on par with surrounding plants.

Cons

Not much room for advancement. Pay is very slow to progress, low percent cost of living raise, and top pay is unrealistic. Depending on what unit you’re in dictates your work life balance. Some have very little overtime, whereas others are very demanding with constant forced overtime and months of blocked vacation dates. Every year something new to save money is taken away from us. Instrument techs are very unappreciated for the amount of extra work that is given to us and mostly goes unnoticed.

2.0

Sep 30, 2020

Very difficult acquisition

Scientist ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits (affordable health insurance, nice employer retirement contributions)

Cons

Lacks leadership and clear communication Company has an unwillingness to listen that things are not going well Values quantitative measures (e.g. number of assays/products) over quality in performance evaluation Favoritism for certain employees Certain departments are extremely overworked Very difficult acquisition from Bayer from Trait Research Lots of inefficiencies and efforts to continually reinvent the wheel

BASF Response

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We strive to have an open culture in where every person feels comfortable being their authentic selves and voicing their opinion respectfully. Your feeback is taken seriously, thank you for providing it.

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