Is Bayer a good company to work for?

Bayer has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 11,948 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 75% of employees would recommend working at Bayer to a friend and 45% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Bayer have been left by employees working as Intern , Engineering Co-Op and Software Developer .

Does Bayer pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Bayer employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Bayer. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Bayer?

75% of Bayer employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Bayer 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Bayer?

Estagiário (310) , Intern (151) , Estagiário Superior (122) , Manager (106) , Data Scientist (104) , Project Manager (89) , Analista Júnior (77) , Analista (69) , Director (65) , Analista Pleno (63) , Sales Representative (61) , Internship (60) , Senior Associate (51) , Product Manager (49) , Software Engineer (47)

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

"poor management with inconsistent goals." ((in 205 reviews)); "Poor leadership and decision making as regards the medical device business." ((in 86 reviews)); "Bad manager can suppress growth and development by not sharing true talent and in a lot of cases claiming credit for staffers work." ((in 80 reviews)); "Upper management is unwilling to listen to new ideas or implement processes that would better serve customers" ((in 46 reviews)); "like type of environment, favoritism with lots of butt kissing, management is only concerned with what benefits themselves, high turn over rate with low pay, continuous promises but no raise, overworked(increased responsibilities) but no growth opportunities, increased phoniness yet, lots of glittering white teeth pretty much sums up this company.Why wont valuable employees who by the way, know their worth, stay and continue receiving such poor treatment again?" ((in 22 reviews))

What are employees saying about Bayer layoffs in 2026?

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

What Bayer locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Champaign , Kearney , Lincoln , Ankeny , Waco , Boone , Soda Springs , Illiopolis , San Jose , Sacramento

Bayer reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(5,544 total reviews)

Bill Anderson

63% approve of CEO

45% 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 5,544 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 Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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6K reviews

5.0

Dec 30, 2008

BCC has a wonderful, friendly culture

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Bayer has accumulated great people from all over the CPG/OTC industry and put them together in one place. The culture is supportive and one can almost always assume positive intent. Great pains are taken to ensure continued employee growth and development. Random firings or layoffs are unimaginable, and the comapny reorganizations take place less frequently than at competitors and with less attrition.

Cons

The great culture and low turnover allow the company to underpay vs other consumer pharma and make it more difficult to advance. Many departments are top-heavy. The company is slow to get rid of employees who are on the wrong bus, despite how obvious it may be to those around them.

4.0

Dec 19, 2008

Use to be the best place to work for women.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Bayer use to be very people oriented. The maternity benefits use to be the best in the country and written as the best place for women to work by Fortune 500. The awards program and bonuses at Bayer are great. Recognition for work above and beyond is common. Promotions were available as well as making lateral moves. Career opportunities were made available. Benefits were also very good at the start. Employee morale use to be very good. Was a great place to work at least until the acquisition. People were treated with fairness and respect. I thought it would be the best place to retire.

Cons

The acquisition has been very difficult. Employee morale went down once sites began to close and people started to get laid off. Was very stressful and unhappy environment to work. The benefits started to be reduced, especially the maternity benefits.

1.0

Oct 12, 2008

Stay away, it's a place where careers go to die

Help desk analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If your actually hired by the company a good deal. But the likelihood of you ever being more than a contractor is slim and none. There are really very little in the way of good or positive reasons to work for Bayer Corp in North America.

Cons

A huge company that only cares about top people. Little to no focus or coordination between divisions. They treat employees poorly and contractors at sub-human standards. There is NO upward mobility. They do not recognize hard work or sacrifice. Management is so consumed with their own petty squabbles and finger pointing they do no actual employee management.

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