Working at BASF in Wyandotte, MI: 9 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Wyandotte, MI Area

"Good company to work as full-time employee."

"I appreciate BASF's commitment to grow & bring impact from individual to global level. They provide good benefits to their employees. I am satisfied with my job at BASF."

"It's been okay. Could be much better."

What do you like about working at BASF?

"The Pay is good as is the 401K. Insurance is ok."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be a yes person and your hired. Keep it up after hired."

What don't you like about working at BASF?

"Off shift premium hasn't increased since 1995.Favoritism. Good ideas get shot down. Blue collar shift workers are looked down upon by management. High demand of our off time. Having to save vacation for the end of the year shut down really stinks."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Every thing isn't roses as you'd like to believe. Wake up and really listen to what we have to say. Concrete changes not touchy feely change agent stuff."

"A good company to work for in the Plastics industry."

What do you like about working at BASF?

"The company has the resources to support product development programs."

What don't you like about working at BASF?

"At the time that I worked there, employees with Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degrees were at a disadvantage for career advancement when compared to PhD Chemists."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Consider a wider variety of educational backgrounds for career advancement opportunities."

"If my job had not been eliminated, I would still be with BASF."

"Very good Company, with good products. However, some divisions lack good senior management. In these areas, counter productive politics run rampant."

What do you like about working at BASF?

"In the manufacturing areas I was in (4 different ones) the average workers and front line managers were well above average."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Good company, good products. But if you don't enjoy politics, make sure your manager is aware, or your department could be the next scapegoat."

What don't you like about working at BASF?

"A German culture where it is dificult to admit to problems, when you do not have a solution yet, was ok because their technical people were very driven and resourcefull. This was warped in America to, the managers creating problems they could resolve, to make themselves look needed, and to marginalize many of the technically competant."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"360 degree reviews, and pay for performance. These were both attempted, and quickly abandoned, because of the truth it brought to the light."

"Forgotten"

What do you like about working at BASF?

"Strong company values and culture was what I liked most."

What don't you like about working at BASF?

"As divisions where consolidated and people move the company lost some of the culture it once had."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Remember the folk who were with you doing the touch times as well as the good."