Bayer Restructuring Cuts 2,000 Jobs, Thins Management Layers in 2025
Bayer laid off approximately 2,000 employees in the first quarter of 2025 as part of an ongoing restructuring effort aimed at streamlining the company's operations and thinning management layers4.
The majority of the positions eliminated were management roles, affecting all three of Bayer's divisions, according to company executives4.
Since starting this broad reorganization in July 2023, Bayer has let go a total of about 11,000 employees worldwide, seeking to create a 'leaner, faster and more productive' organization4.
The restructuring includes site-specific impacts, such as the planned closure of Bayer’s Frankfurt facility, which will affect around 500 jobs, and further reductions at other production sites such as Dormagen2.
Bayer's CEO Bill Anderson and CFO Wolfgang Nickl emphasized that the changes are designed to focus resources on high-impact work and enhance competitiveness, especially in the face of global cost pressures and increased competition in the agrochemical sector42.
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2. https://themunicheye.com/bayer-frankfurt-plant-closure-jobs-impact-20994