BASF reviews

Unless you’re someone’s favorite or popular, no opportunity for career growth. Extremely political and bureaucratic organization specifically in the Agriculture space. Management does not empower decision making at all levels. Decision by consensus/committee. Extremely hard to get things done in fact those that challenge status quo are viewed in a negative light and penalized through lack of opportunity. Very insular. Either you come from the industry and you’re “in” or you’re a part of the “popular club” or you’re out. There is talk of diversity and equity in the workplace but no focus or action behind the words. As a person of color I was never more aware of my color and lack of certain opportunities as I am in my current role. My workload consistently is several times greater than my peers, no one seems to care.

Continual reorganization and nobody has a clue of what anyone is doing on a day to day basis. Must report to multiple managers within US and Germany. Often all are spread too thin, It's always the 'German' way, or nothing, and the business model does not fit or apply most often in the US. Projects are poorly estimated and are destined to fail from both a budget and timeline perspective. Nobody pays attention to requests for help. and management fails to support project teams despite effective project management.