HQ sales - consumer health - Anonymous employee Bayer Employee Review

2.0
Mar 17, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Competitive salary, great benefits, on site gym, childcare facility, awesome cafeteria, recognized brands, on site clinic, employee groups for networking.

Cons

Culture, management & people. Culture - nothing defined. Lots of talk but no action. Hypocritical. Work-life balance is better in some departments but mostly non existent in others. Continual change in management, personnel, responsibilities and procedures/policies. Can be disorganized, not actionable or simply unclear. Management & people- lots of tension from Merck merger. You are either Merck or Bayer or an outsider. Very little inclusion with each other. Bayer preaches collaboration but really it's the Marketing department that makes all the decisions. Communication is an issue. Very much top-down where you will not have any input in decision process. Lack of diversity in upper management. Lack of training and development of people. Many layers to get anything done. Cutting back on innovation. Very competitive environment so watch your back. Lastly - sales goals are unrealistic.

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Pros

compensation, team, boss, best technology, strong pipeline

Cons

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5.0
Jul 8, 2026
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Pros

Great work life balance, 3 weeks of vacation per year + 5 days of personal holidays + 1 week for Christmas, 10% 401k match, $550 contributed towards HSA each year,

Cons

The stock and cash flow has been wildly unstable for a few years. Bonuses have had wild swings.

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