BASF reviews

4.0

83% would recommend to a friend

(4,131 total reviews)
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Markus Kamieth

76% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

BASF has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,131 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 (3.5 stars).

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4K reviews
1.0
Jun 20, 2011

Terrible

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay and benefits, nice coworkers

Cons

Management was disrespectful to employees. More people were hired than were needed with the intent to fire people during their six month probationary period It was incredible stressful..

1.0
Jul 15, 2017

Too Big

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Basf gave good training to employees

Cons

The management was detached and dictatorial

3.0
Feb 13, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, along with training/development opportunities for younger staff at beginning of their career. Due to profile and ability to hire smart people, you get good interaction and exposure to some industry best practices. Strong support of training and education, and due to size, large amount of resources often available.

Cons

High rate of churn of people, moving internally and also out of company, creates instability, which is never addressed. Hierachical decision making and silo mentality. Was making successive acquisitions during years when Oil & Gas division was contributing high profits, and these integrations have a history of being managed poorly. High rate of business restructuring as a result, sometimes every two years, influenced by management consultants (e.g. Booz and BCG). These often lack practical and customer sensitivity checks, and acknowledgement of competitive environment, feeding a cycle of market share erosion and further restructuring/divestments.

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