INTERVIEW: Matthias Wiencke | What vocational training program did you choose to pursue at Bayer and why? I was already interested in IT when I was in school, so I really wanted to find a vocational training program in that field, but hardly any existed back in 1992. One alternative for me was to go into energy electronics, since I also liked… READ MORE

It’s been a while since I wrote this blog entry. Back then, I had just progressed from my internship to the “grown-up world” and joined Bayer as an Innovation Associate. Now, I am coming up to my 4th anniversary at Bayer and thought I’d give a quick update on everything that has happened in that time. As I have started saying – there’s never a… READ MORE

Hi! My name is Khang and I’m 19 years young. I come from the beautiful Schwabenland, more exactly from Winterbach, that lies with Schorndorf…still nothing? Does Stuttgart tell you anything? Winterbach is 30 kilometres away from Stuttgart, so it’s almost the same. I graduated from high school in Schorndorf in 2017. Now most of you probably ask the… READ MORE

The seventh annual STICKS & STONES career fair was held on June 3 and 4 at the “Alter Postbahnhof” in Berlin. According to the organizers, 2,800 visitors came to the old industrial building, and a record 108 companies and startups exhibited at the career fair. I, Karl-Heinz Koch, was there, and it makes me proud, after being with Bayer for 25… READ MORE

My name is Anna, I am 23 years old and this is how I accidently ended up in the IT department and why I love it there! I studied International Business and Management in Arnhem, the Netherlands. In mid-2015, for my last semester, I joined Bayer for a 6-month internship to write my graduation thesis. I applied for a vacancy called: Strategy &… READ MORE

In what areas can employees pursue a “digital career” at Bayer, and what qualifications should candidates have? Christian Pütter, who has been helping to advance digitization at Bayer since 2001, gives answers to these questions and insight into his own, exciting career. How long have you worked for Bayer, and what is your current scope of… READ MORE

Horstfried Läpple is a “BaySEN”. That means he is part of the Bayer Senior Experts Network: even after his retirement, he is supporting his former colleagues in Group-wide projects with his wealth of experience and expertise. He also advised Sebastian Dorok within the scope of BaySEN. With this three-part blog series, we provide an insight into a… READ MORE

Sebastian Dorok is in the final stages of his doctoral process. To put it very simply, it’s about the processing and analysis of extremely large data volumes such as those generated in scientific research. In his thesis, which he is completing at the university in Magdeburg, Sebastian Dorok is being supported by Bayer. With this three-part blog… READ MORE

Karsten Tittmann has worked in IT at Bayer for many years, and regularly supervises doctoral and postdoctoral students in his function. In a triangle linking Sebastian Dorok, Horstfried Läpple and himself he coordinates everything from the company’s perspective. With this three-part blog series, we provide an insight into a special network that… READ MORE