How many more layoffs in 2025

[anonymous]

With constant layoffs, litigations/financial trouble, clueless leadership, DSO, leaders LT saving their own jobs by eliminating their direct reports. Is there anyone who still believes in this company? How many more layoffs coming in 2025?

 

[anonymous]

With constant layoffs, litigations/financial trouble, clueless leadership, DSO, leaders LT saving their own jobs by eliminating their direct reports. Is there anyone who still believes in this company? How many more layoffs coming in 2025?

It’s highly likely that we will see additional layoffs in the near future. The existing business model is proving to be ineffective, and the DSO approach appears to be merely a tactic to distract from deeper, long-term issues. These include a lack of a robust pipeline, ineffective Pharma leadership, and flawed market strategies that fail to resonate in today’s competitive landscape. As a result, the company's stock is on a downward trajectory, with recent analyses rating Bayer stock as a sell. All of these factors contribute to a toxic workplace culture. Anyone with valuable skills and expertise would be wise to seek opportunities elsewhere.

 

[anonymous]

It is sad that in layoffs the most talented/marketable are losing jobs but incompetent employees play games to retain their jobs. This makes the situation within Bayer worse. People left after layoffs are the ones who mostly cannot find jobs elsewhere with their current pay.
They are not talented to really turn around anything for Bayer. Retaining the losers is not a cost saving strategy. Guessing there will be another talented 1000 people losing jobs in Q1/Q2 2025.

 

[anonymous]

Lack of leadership in Pharma and crop science is obvious and visible while poor consumer health leadership is hidden being a small division. Bayer has poor leadership overall. Incompetent leaders bring their buddies to fill roles than looking for real talent.

Zappos tried a similar DSO model Holacracy and quietly called it quits.
Bayer has managers who lag common sense but got those roles by sucking up. Oh the funny long time assignments where they waste $$$ to move incompetent staff globally on company paid honey moon. Those employees make no impact or value just a huge cost to move them to relocate.

If Bayer wastes $$ this way, it deserves the failure and financial trouble.

 

[anonymous]

They like to change their operating model frequently. It is like trying to redecorate your house while the foundation is still wet. This pivot frequently only leads to everyone feeling dizzy.
Bayer LTs are just shameless bunch of cult. Unless that layer 3.0 and above is removed, than giving them roles in other teams even after their original position is eliminated. Nothing good can happen here.

 

[anonymous]

Atleast 500 more. Can they announce it soon so others remaining can focus on working than thinking when they will be eliminated.

 

[anonymous]

Atleast 500 more. Can they announce it soon so others remaining can focus on working than thinking when they will be eliminated.

They are so shameless they will ride this out to the bitter end like they have in past quarters so essentially no one will be performing that quarter I fear or demotivated over their process. Then they will quietly issue those pink slips people will be gone and no announcements will be made. Bayer is such a piece of shit

 

[anonymous]

They are so shameless they will ride this out to the bitter end like they have in past quarters so essentially no one will be performing that quarter I fear or demotivated over their process. Then they will quietly issue those pink slips people will be gone and no announcements will be made. Bayer is such a piece of shit

Bayer is a shit place. Like the last round of layoff where everyones employment ended on Dec 26. When company is closed last week, they chose to not pay people for last week rather counted as severance kick start date. Why some one should lose job last week of the year. Working whole year and get zero bonus and not even last week pay. Hopefully they do better with this round of layoff. Announce sooner and keep the little motivation left in this crappy environment.
We all know more layoffs coming, announce it than clueless LTs still unsure who to eliminate.

 

[anonymous]

They said “€2 billion in cost reductions by 2026”. That’s a lot of jobs to layoff in 2025 in every quarter no matter what they promise in their townhalls.

 

[anonymous]

They said “€2 billion in cost reductions by 2026”. That’s a lot of jobs to lay off in 2025 in every quarter, no matter what they promise in their town halls.

Why not lay off one or all the AVPs? Their role is redundant, and truly, what value do they really bring for the high salary they don't deserve? They certainly do not provide Vision, Strategy or remotely motivate anyone. Get rid of these high-paying/high-bonus fools and keep more customer-facing people who actually work! Why are they at it? Look at Market Access and that band of incompetent fools. If we really took the time to assess who actually brings value you could cut Market Access if they took the time measure effort to results. There are cuts to be made, but we keeping cutting the wrong people!

 

[anonymous]

Why not lay off one or all the AVPs? Their role is redundant, and truly, what value do they really bring for the high salary they don't deserve? They certainly do not provide Vision, Strategy or remotely motivate anyone. Get rid of these high-paying/high-bonus fools and keep more customer-facing people who actually work! Why are they at it? Look at Market Access and that band of incompetent fools. If we really took the time to assess who actually brings value you could cut Market Access if they took the time measure effort to results. There are cuts to be made, but we keeping cutting the wrong people!

Surely the shameless LTs are reading these threads and working hard to save their roles as they are the decision makers. Even in DSO, they are telling who is fired as top down which is so hierarchical. Oh let’s be DSO to self organize when they like and to fire let’s be traditional. They cut wrong people who are needed for Bayer and are the most marketable to find jobs else where. Then we at Bayer are left with losers who only do one task - save their jobs.

 

[anonymous]

Why not lay off one or all the AVPs? Their role is redundant, and truly, what value do they really bring for the high salary they don't deserve? They certainly do not provide Vision, Strategy or remotely motivate anyone. Get rid of these high-paying/high-bonus fools and keep more customer-facing people who actually work! Why are they at it? Look at Market Access and that band of incompetent fools. If we really took the time to assess who actually brings value you could cut Market Access if they took the time measure effort to results. There are cuts to be made, but we keeping cutting the wrong people!

They need to stop this mercy positions given out to incompetent staff. Oh your role was eliminated but we will let you take a different role and keeping paying $ as we know you are incapable to find a job outside.
Market access, most of crop science (oh forget we have M&A which did amazing job with Monsanto) and many other teams can go.

 

[anonymous]

Another 900 to kick start the year. Let’s have mission teams to bring stock price to $20 in Q1 and achieve that outcome with layoffs

 

[anonymous]

Another 900 to kick start the year. Let’s have mission teams to bring stock price to $20 in Q1 and achieve that outcome with layoffs

Where do I sign up for such great 90 day mission or will it is biased like before - they decide and assign you for missions so others can be left out in a self organizing lie DSO.

 

[anonymous]

Where do I sign up for such great 90 day mission or will it is biased like before - they decide and assign you for missions so others can be left out in a self organizing lie DSO.

let us go, sales is a joke - I sit and eat snack cakes in car all day

 

[anonymous]

let us go, sales is a joke - I sit and eat snack cakes in car all day

Let’s add more teams that can go. IT is a joke. Mostly outsourced. Still have IT leaders making $$ who have never coded a line in their lives.

Managing vendors when they do not even have basic understanding. Making IT decisions with zero IT knowledge, Powerpoint is not IT expertise anywhere other than Bayer.

 

[anonymous]

Bayernet should show total layoffs so far. Leaders should be proud to announce it and be transparent. Than we having to look in the news. There are various numbers like 5,500 so far, 3200 so far.

 

[anonymous]

Let’s add more teams that can go. IT is a joke. Mostly outsourced. Still have IT leaders making $$ who have never coded a line in their lives.

Managing vendors when they do not even have basic understanding. Making IT decisions with zero IT knowledge, Powerpoint is not IT expertise anywhere other than Bayer.

Lay off the Market Access Account manager positions. There should be serious concerns about efficiency within that team. Many Account Managers are not engaged on a daily basis, raising questions about whether their contributions justify their compensation. This clearly indicates a strong possibility for consolidating roles within this department without sacrificing overall performance. We could achieve the same results with half the staffing.

 

[anonymous]

Bayer spends $ poorly at the top and no wonder there will be a lot more layoffs this year. Mostly 1000 to start and then will add more. People need to travel business class to discuss things which they have no idea about. Then go to super expensive restaurants order expensive $$ bottles of wine. This is how my team has behaved.

 

[anonymous]

Bayer spends $ poorly at the top and no wonder there will be a lot more layoffs this year. Mostly 1000 to start and then will add more. People need to travel business class to discuss things which they have no idea about. Then go to super expensive restaurants order expensive $$ bottles of wine. This is how my team has behaved.

How about more stupid examples - sending people on business class travel after their role is eliminated. That beats any sane thinking( oh forgot, in Bayer I need to think with zero competence and common sense). Unless Bayer layoffs the right people at the top nothing ever can change. As they are clueless, they cannot layoff correctly.