don't work here if you'Re ambitious - Master Data Officer BASF Employee Review

1.0
Nov 12, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

it is an OK job if you just want to have easy tasks and don't mind the minimum salary and the mind-numbing work.

Cons

* be prepared to be underpaid and frustrated: this is a fundamental part of this job that you need to accept; the company BASF Service Europa was supposed to be established in an Eastern European country to keep the wages expenses low, BASF only agreed to create the company in Berlin after it created a separate salary agreement for BASF Service Europa that allows the company to keep the salaries low. * digitalization and automation are two keywords that you will hear all the time in meetings and in always-recurring company initiatives, yet from what I have seen most of the company employees are stuck doing repetitive monotonic jobs and very few people have the competence and right mindset to help with digitalization since they are being picked mainly based on their willingness to accept low salaries. This leads to a company culture were on the surface everything is nice and friendly but most employees are doing the bare minimum with low efficiency and productivity.

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Pros

Good work life balance, good culture, good pay, good benefits

Cons

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4.0
May 12, 2026
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Pros

Great benefits, hybrid & remote roles, great colleagues to work with. Great vacation /time off. Helpful colleagues

Cons

Reorganizations (roughly 3 years), IT roles dwindling in North America(moving to India), teams can get very silo-ed, “not my role” = not helping you (when you are looking for answers/assistance), currently seeing a lot of movement out of New Jersey (roles moving to other parts of the country), some organizational charts can be confusing, huge organization(can be difficult at times pinpointing the exact team you may need to work with)

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