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

Back on July 15, 2015, when I submitted my feedback to the BLEND Global Resource Group – the LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) network at Bayer that I had come across by chance on the intranet – I had absolutely no idea what the outcome would be. Less than two years later, there I was, on May 27, 2017, with numerous other colleagues manning… READ MORE

Back in July 2011 when I, Julien Devaux, first joined Bayer in Leverkusen as a young and openly gay HR professional, I was rather surprised by the low visibility of LGBTIQ topics across the organization – especially in the heart of North-Rhine Westphalia, a region known throughout Germany for its very open, diverse and welcoming culture.  Seven… READ MORE