Bayer has made it very clear that they do not want a mini-corporate office in St. Louis.
Bayer's CEO is under great pressure to save the promised $1.5 billions over 3 years. Most all of that savings is going to come from layoffs. If the average person makes about $100,000.00 with benefits that would mean they make $300,000.00 over 3 years.
If we take $1.5 billion and divide it by $300.000.00 it is easy to discern that 5,000 jobs will be eliminated. They will be eliminated quickly and Bayer will use dirty tricks to avoid paying severance.
They will offer a Monsanto employee a low paying job in an area they don't want to live. When the employee refuses the offer, they will simply say you quit and will not pay severance. They have a history of this behavior when they take over a company.