Recognized as one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers (2025):
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors (Dec 2, 2024)
Here are some of the reasons why Bayer Inc. was selected as one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers (2025):
- Bayer cultivates an ownership culture with a share purchase plan available to all employees and provides referral bonuses of up to $3,000 per successful hire, encouraging employees to leverage their personal networks
- Bayer maintains a long-term focus on the welfare of its employees, offering health benefits that extend to retirees (with no age limit and 100 per cent premium coverage) and retirement planning assistance
- Bayer supports employee efforts to give back to local communities with two paid days off to volunteer and offers a four-week paid leave program for health care professionals wanting to contribute to a front-line response or deployment

Bayer employees participate in a community clean up on Earth Day

Bayer employees participate in a community clean up on Earth Day

Bayer employees participate in a community clean up on Earth Day
Highlights
Industry | Pharmaceuticals and agricultural products |
Established in Canada | 1863 |
Publicly traded | yes |
Parent company | Bayer AG |
Parent company head office | Leverkusen, Germany |
Major Canadian locations | St. John's NL, Saint John NB, Halifax NS, Sherbrooke QC, Québec QC, Montréal QC, Oshawa ON, Toronto ON, Peterborough ON, Ottawa ON, London ON, Sudbury ON, Winnipeg MB, Edmonton AB, Victoria BC, Vancouver BC, Saskatoon SK, Regina SK, Calgary AB, Mississauga ON |
Full-time employees in Canada | 1,166 |
Part-time employees in Canada | 118 |
Average age of employees in Canada | 43 years |
Longest serving employee | 40 years |
Flexible work options | hybrid work option, flexible work hours, 35-hour work week (with full pay), compressed work week, shortened work week (fewer hours with less pay), telecommuting, reduced summer hours |
Long-term savings | defined-contribution (DC) pension, matching RSP |
Health plan premium | as part of the health plan, the employer pays up to 100% of the premiums |
Health spending account | up to $1,500 each year |
Wellness spending account | up to $400 each year |
Mental health practitioner benefit | up to $5,000 each year |
Maternity top-up (mothers) | up to 100% of salary for 12 weeks |
Parental top-up (fathers) | up to 100% of salary for 12 weeks |
Adoption top-up | up to 100% of salary for 12 weeks |
Vacation allowance | new employees receive 3 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job |
Outside survey period | outside consultant surveys are held every 6 months |
Employee performance reviews | employees receive individual performance reviews every 6 months |
In-house training initiatives | apprenticeship/skilled trades programs, in-house training, online training, mentoring, leadership development programs, paid internships |
Annual tuition maximum | employer pays up to $7,000 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year |
Employee charitable involvement | employees are involved in selection of charities, employees receive paid time off to volunteer, (up to 2 paid days) |