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      BASF

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      BASF reviews

      4.0

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (4,135 total reviews)
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      Markus Kamieth

      76% approve of CEO

      52% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      BASF has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,135 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 Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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      4K reviews
      4.0
      Aug 20, 2008

      It's a good company

      Procurement
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company has recently taken strong moves to promote work / life balance and allowed a more flexible work environment. It is a large corporation and it has a full benefits package including matching 401K contributions up to 4% of salary.

      Cons

      The high performance organization performance reviews / merit salary increases seem focused on justifying inflation level yearly salary increases. I am not sure if it is a downside, but the jobs are posted internally and externally at the same time - and it seems to discount experience within the company. Lastly, nobody seems to have heard of BASF - everyone seems to remember our old tapes division.

      4.0
      Aug 17, 2008

      BASF, great for the young, not the old...

      Chemical operator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      At times the overtime can be great if you like to work a lot. Also you have great co-workers here that make the job easy on you and fun at times. Its a very interesting job with a lot of room to learn more and try to earn more money. The general workers are represented by a union so it helps out a bit, although the union could use some work.

      Cons

      Just like a lot of places, you have up and down time, and when it gets slow there is always a possibility of lay offs. Also management at times likes to play around with company policies to screw you over.

      2.0
      Jun 19, 2008

      Safe and fair but stagnant, inflexible and frustrating

      Better not to say
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good job security, fair chances to secure funding for projects, genuine interest in future of company at most staff levels, realistic expectations of work loads.

      Cons

      Inflexible work attitudes, highly ethnocentric (male-German) perspectives, surprising tolerance for superficial platitudes ("managerese"), poor support for career changers in most departments. Uninspiring and often unprofessional management style. No genuine interest in real further education for staff. Arrogant #1 attitude in many departments. Very old fashioned company culture. Ridiculously fickle bonus system.

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