Getting used to being paid more to do less - Associate Chemist BASF Employee Review

2.0
16 May 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Great health benefits -Increase in paid vacation from 2 to 3 weeks -Flexibility in work schedule -Good compensation -Short commute to work

Cons

-Mindset of employees who have worked here for 30+ years which makes being innovative problematic -Inability to get management's approval for flexible scheduling -Routine work that is made to seem like it is more than what it is -Inability to advance career due to insignificance of current department

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Pros

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