FAQs

This section answers questions about some aspects of employment at Bayer. More detailed FAQs can be accessed via the main menu for the various target groups.

Bayer offers combined vocational training and degree courses in Management and International Business Studies (MIBS), IT with business studies (WIN) and engineering (KBA) for students who obtain very good grades in their school leaving examination. (Click here for an overview of vocational training courses at Bayer.)  
We offer about 500 internships in Germany every year, mainly in Leverkusen and Berlin.
 
Applications for internships should be submitted about 6 months before the proposed starting date. Fixed deadlines are set for applications for some foreign internships. These are outlined on the next page.  
Internships should last at least 4 weeks and at most 6 months.  
Yes, a limited number of places are available in the U.S.A. and various countries in South America and Asia.  
Most interns receive a monthly salary. The level of remuneration depends on type of internship and academic level.  
No. Internships are offered in virtually all disciplines. Internships are divided roughly equally between technical, scientific and commercial/business disciplines.  
Fluent German is essential for internships and vacation work at Bayer.  
Applications must be submitted by March 31 for jobs and internships in the summer vacation and by October 31 for jobs and internships in the spring vacation. Please include exact details of your qualifications, e.g. computer skills, and a valid certificate that you are registered as a student.  
We offer a wide range of jobs in offices, labs, warehouses and production plants, including shift work. Vacation jobs offered to students are temporary. We regret that we cannot always offer students a job that reflects their course of study.  
During the winter vacation, the minimum period is 6 weeks for university students and 4 weeks for polytechnic students. In the summer vacation, the minimum period of employment for students and school students is 8 weeks. Students who work for more than 8 weeks are required to pay full social security contributions.  
Students are paid on the basis of collectively agreed rates and are normally classified in salary group E1. Remuneration is currently around €1,758.  
Students who wish to work for Bayer have to provide details of their health insurance status. Employment is dependent on membership of a health insurance fund. In the case of accidents at work, students are covered by the Employer’s Accident Liability Insurance Association while they are working for Bayer.  
Students are entitled to 2.5 days vacation per full month worked. Leave can only be taken if this fits in with the schedule of the unit in which you work. In view of the short period worked and working schedules, students do not normally take their leave allowance. Unused days leave are paid off at the end of the period of employment.  
We regret that we cannot provide accommodation for students. However, we are happy to help them find accommodation via an agency. For interns, we are able to offer a limited number of places in hostels.  
If you are interested in working with Bayer on your undergraduate dissertation and have agreed the title with your university, you should send an application to us in the same way as for an internship. The conditions are the same as for internships.  
Vacation work is not advertised as it is only offered to students who are prepared to work full-time during the vacations.  
Support for future managers is very important at Bayer, regardless whether they enter the company via the graduate trainee program or taken on as permanent employees. In addition to line managers, experienced specialists normally act as mentors to facilitate integration into the company, provide access to internal networks and act as career development coaches.  

On December 31, 2008 Bayer had 36,700 employees in Germany (worldwide: 108,400).

 
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