Used to be a great employer - Senior Finance Business Partner BASF Employee Review

1.0
15 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great colleagues with diversity, flexibility for remote working (not anymore in 2026), good pantry with free fruit, coffee, snacks and drinks (not anymore in 2026

Cons

1. The CORE values has been replaced by winning strategy. Win at all cost! (other than overhead cost- this is to be cut down massively especially in Hong Kong Singapore 2. Sometimes you are forced to do things against your moral values. More than once I have seen managers torn apart teams and to avoid severance, gaslighting employee and toying the bonus cut decision until they resign on their own 3. Headcount cut means everyone is clocking in insane overtime to do 2 persons’ job, or multiple assistant managers JG4 taking over a JG6 senior manager job 4. Micromanagement at each level, all the way from the shareholders. Approval for tiny cost goes up to VP level and slow down decision. Then you got to work overtime to justify why cost and work out alternative to cutdown the cost further 5. Shortsighted business decisions without clear strategy. We claimed to cut down to fuel change but what’s the end game?

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5.0
2 Jun 2026
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Pros

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

Cons

A lot of bureaucracy, lean staffing

4.0
12 May 2026
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Recommend
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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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