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      LANXESS

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      LANXESS reviews

      3.8

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (323 total reviews)
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      Matthias Zachert

      57% approve of CEO

      38% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.0

      Senior management

      2.9

      Career opportunities

      LANXESS has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 323 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The LANXESS employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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      323 reviews
      2.0
      Aug 7, 2018

      Anonymous

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Excellent company to work for especially as it is a growing company with focus on quality and safety.

      Cons

      Horrible interdepartmental politics and a very negative and tense environment in the HR function. No sense of approachability or nurturing team members to perform and deliver. The "so called" leader has problems of anxiety and has extreme temperamental issues which ruins the basic morale of the team members. Abusive language and constant demeaning on your petty mistakes ...has been the culture in the human resources function.

      1.0
      Nov 11, 2025

      The funniest company I've ever worked at...

      Anonymous employee
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      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I cannot think of any Pros to work at Lanxess.

      Cons

      Such a messy company without any clear vision nor direction from the management. Many of my colleagues both in local and international keep leaving. I've heard whole team from 1 country left like boycotting. Therefore, organization structure and work scope keep changing as well. Due to many changes, communication is corrupt internationally and seems like management doesn't know what to do. If you join them, you may only experience the chaos. Not recommended.

      1.0
      Aug 20, 2016

      New leadership has lost focus on "results", become "crony"

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Multi-national, matrix global management structure is helpful, but reduces decision making speed drastically. Not good in a market, where "speed of response to customer" is key.

      Cons

      Be careful - certain top leaders in support functions often change their words. Deceitful behavior. Use of "lies" as a tool. These "cronies" lack knowledge, skills, conscience, and decision making ability. Mostly, these cronies create hurdles in your work! Apart from this, the business in India has lost focus on business growth in India (except for one basic chemicals business unit). Employees in global service delivery unit are being kept in dark about their future. This unit is being made irrelevant. New leadership in India is blissfully unaware of cronies and liars around - unfortunately.

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