Executive class management have completely lost the plot - Anonymous employee Bayer Employee Review

1.0
Sep 11, 2024
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The checks clear on time still

Cons

The management is constantly preaching elimination of hierarchy, and to do this they are trotting out the same 20 male executive class types to explain to all the actual workers how they need to work harder and "wear more hats", while sharing exceedingly unrelatable anecdotes about the pool in the McMansions. For almost two years they have been talking about their "exciting new management structure", but will not answer any tough questions about what this means. In reality this is a thinly veiled McKinsey strategy to lay off middle management, and put more labor on the actual workers. Get out while you can, the executives have lost the plot.

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