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dirty, consistent bickering
Hand add operator (Former Employee), Streetsboro, OH – February 18, 2013
Dirty work, union environment, constant squabling. uneducated/inexperienced management
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Good Company to work for if your into Chemistry
Lab Technician (Current Employee), Huntsville, AL. – February 6, 2013
Pros: professional, good benefits.
Cons: too big, get lost in the shuffle.
BASF is THE chemical company and is a good place for advancement if your a chemist or chemical engineer.
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Good place to work
QA/QC (Current Employee), St Louia, MO – February 5, 2013
This is a small, fast paced facility. I have learned how to accomplish many different tasks, mainly because of the lack of individuals at the facility.
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Overall good experience
Distributor Account Manager (Former Employee), Florham Park, NJ – January 29, 2013
Pros: good reputation
Cons: sometimes difficult to do business with - too big
Stable, financially sound company
Typical day at work involved alot of internal communications
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Close knit company
Production Supervisor (Current Employee), Beaumont, TX – January 28, 2013
A good place to work. Pay is good and benefits are great. Work/Life balance could be better. Good close knit group at the plant I work at.
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Close knit company
Production Supervisor (Current Employee), Beaumont, TX – January 28, 2013
A good place to work. Pay is good and benefits are great. Work/Life balance could be better. Good close knit group at the plant I work at.
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Large company with lots of potential growth
Production Supervisor (Current Employee), Huntsville, AL – January 28, 2013
Pros: the people are hard working and easy to communicate with
Cons: decision making process takes too long
Good place to work, several different fields to develop and grow into.
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Always challenging.
Material Handler (Former Employee), Anderson, SC – January 11, 2013
Pros: great place to work.
Cons: worked their as a temp agent.
Enjoyed keeping the other departments stocked with their supplies.Follow instructions and you want have a problem.Supervisors was good people.Basicly you ran your own truck.Waiting for someone else to move so that you can get your stock in place for the machine operators to do their job. Seeing that the operators gave you resp[ect for your part in their – more... daily life for the things you done for them. – less
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TERRIBLE PLACE TO WORK
Intellectual Property/ Legal, (Former Employee), Research Triangle Park, NC – January 9, 2013
Management is awful, to much backstabbing and unethical decesions being made
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Global Leader in Chemical Industry
Global Web Communications Manager (Former Employee), Iselin, NJ – January 8, 2013
Pros: logical decision making, generous benefits, travel and training
Cons: huge matrixed organization, lengthy decision making process
Strong company to work for with lots of opportunities.
Co-workers are great to work with.
Collaborative environment.
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it was ok
Supervisor/Quality Control (Former Employee), Huntsville, AL – January 6, 2013
Pros: no lunces
Cons: more breaks
leared new job, was able to meet people, learned new job, I woild like to learn more so I can go within the compnay and become the president
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Accounts payable positions
Accounting Assistant (Former Employee), Florham Park, NJ – January 5, 2013
A deadline and detail-oriented individual, who is highly organized and motivated with 10+ years of experience in the accounting field. Effortlessly handles multiple responsibilities. Duties include matching, batching, coding, issuing and distributing checks, while maintaining a high level of accuracy and speed.Enjoyable day of work is communicating – more... and verifying coding and signature approvals limits, invoice input 100 or more invoices a day in SAP System , phone communication with interoffice locations and vendors, work well with co workers, invoices into the system enjoyable and challenging part of the day. – less
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SELF SUPERVISION POSITION
BUYER AND LOGISTIC (Current Employee), Santo Domingo, PR – January 2, 2013
Pros: you can learn new thing everyday
Cons: non
as my boss is located in Costa Rica and as a self and independent position I have to coordinate and make a hard follow of all the activities for may position, getting good negociations and getting better prices and products with the best quality in a global market.

Also work with the system to get all data entry in order the work can be an efficiently – more... process . – less
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A company that still cares about their employees
Receiving Specialist (Current Employee), Freeport, TX – December 31, 2012
This is one of few places that still cares about their employees. From benefits to pay to daily acknoledgments of hard work and success.
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productive fun place to work
Chemical Operator (Current Employee), Peekskill, NY – December 21, 2012
Pros: pays the salary
Cons: healthcare no bonus
Going to work interacting with bosses on a daily bases I am a self starter .
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productive fun place to work
Chemical Operator (Current Employee), Peekskill, NY – December 18, 2012
Pros: pays the salary
Cons: healthcare no bonus
Going to work interacting with bosses on a daily bases I am a self starter .
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• Implemented new methods of analysis to comply with ISO and other organizations.
Research Chemist (Former Employee), Kankakee, IL – December 18, 2012
Pros: very interesting job
enjoyed the work and environment at BASF
• Implemented new methods of analysis to comply with ISO and other organizations.
• Tested and implemented new HPLC and GC methods for the production and commercialization of new lines of products
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bosses and co-workers all friendly and help out.
Administrative Assistant (Former Employee), Wyandotte, MI – December 16, 2012
Pros: flexible hours, bosses treated me as a co-worker instead of a subordinate
Cons: was a contract position so limited benefits
set up coffee room for day shift; collect all plant paperwork from previous day (all shifts); input information onto Excel spreadsheets or into SAP; order office supplies and distribute when arrives; collect time sheets for payroll every other week; assist safety coordinator on projects.
Hardest part of job: keeping my work within 40 hours (usually – more... had to work Saturdays)
Most enjoyable was working with people constantly – less
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Dynamic environment, increasing the knowledge and importance of healthy habits
Site Coordinating Nurse (Former Employee), Florham Park, NJ – December 1, 2012
Pros: complete autonomy
Cons: management not familiar with nursing practices and laws
Performed duties as the Nurse Coordinator to all Northeast sites in the U.S. Implementation and creation of the online medical surveillance employee program. Enjoy working collaboratively with other interdisciplinary teams.
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Focused on employee training
Safety and Training Administrative Assistant (Former Employee), Shreveport, LA – November 19, 2012
Training and cross training was a big effort for this place. Always a great focus on training in every aspect.
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About BASF

BASF SE, formerly BASF AG, is a Germany-based chemical company. The Company has six business segments: Chemicals, Plastics, Performance – Read more