For Bayer, Korea is a key market in the Asia-Pacific economic region. As one of the major global players in the Korean market, Bayer has actively participated in the growth of the country's economy. All the subgroups, HealthCare, CropScience and MaterialScience, have a roughly equal share of sales. In the field of animal health products Bayer has a particularly strong position in Korea, where it is the market leader. The Bayer Group in Korea has a total of 794 employees as at March 2003.
Pay at Bayer is determined by three important factors ; job grade(the contribution of the job to the company), the performance of a job holder(the contribution of the job holder to the company), and the market pay level for the job.
Bayer provides employees with local and overseas job training and language training and assigns qualified employees to the positions overseas in order to develop potential employees.
Bayer provides the employees with the opportunity of changing their jobs through the job posting system to realize their potentials and further develop their skills and knowledge in a job different from the current one.