Benefits

A company that cares about its people
Bayer cares. We only succeed if our employees do.

Not only are the Bayer campuses great places to work because of our innovative spirit, Bayer offers its employees a generous and flexible package of benefits to enhance our employees' health and financial well being. We offer a wide-variety of benefit programs covering many different life-cycle situations, and our various medical plans cover spouses, domestic partners, and children.

 

Financial/Savings

Bayer offers competitive salaries and a 401(K) program to help employees save money for retirement in a convenient, tax-effective and productive way. In addition, our employees have the opportunity to purchase shares of Bayer AG at a 15% discount through the Employee Share Purchase Plan.

From time to time, our colleagues receive awards based on exemplary performance. These awards include cash, paid time off, or gift cards!

 

Health & Wellness

Our employees can choose from a variety of competitive medical and insurance options. Such options cover hospitalization, surgery, in-patient and out-patient medical care, diagnostics, home health care, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage and a variety of other medical services and supplies.

Bayer also offers flexible-spending accounts, allowing employees to set aside money on a pre-tax basis to pay for health care and/or dependent care expenses.

In addition, our employees may be reimbursed for health and fitness center memberships, smoking cessation programs and Weight Watchers.

 

Personal Development

Employees may receive full or partial reimbursement for eligible education expenses including:

• Charges for courses and textbooks in a field reasonably related to present or probable future work assignment
• Charges for courses toward a GED

There are also ongoing computer, safety, management and diversity training courses available to Bayer employees.

 

Work and Day-to-Day Living

We know our employees have lives outside of work. To make it easier, we offer an on-site dry cleaning pick-up and delivery service, and subsidized chair massages. There are also flexible work options available, including job sharing and telecommuting.

There is a Bayer store located on the Berkeley campus, where employees can pick up Bayer consumer care products (One-a-Day Vitamins, Bayer Aspirin, etc.) before they head home.

 

Commuting and Transportation

Getting around both the San Francisco Bay Area and the Seattle area can be time consuming, so Bayer offers incentives for its employees who walk, bike, or use public transportation to get to work. Private bicycle lockers, public transportation subsidies, carpool programs and gift cards are a few of the ‘extras’ which Bayer offers to urge employees to leave their cars at home.

 

Available Discounts

Company employees have access to multiple types of discounts, whether it’s Bayer over-the-counter products at the Bayer Store or discounts from national and local retailers. Employees receive frequent notices about these opportunities via e-mail.