Went from Great to Bad in just 2-3 years - Manager Novartis Employee Review

2.0
Apr 29, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It looks super fancy from the outside with 1.flashy facilities 2.great interviews 3.super accommodation 4.good welcome 5.Great work life balance. Indeed the company was simply marvelous couple of years back.

Cons

The system changed from great to worse in just 3 years. I saw the changes, the number of people leaving increased month over month. 1.Leaders are hired from declining industries like Genpact to make the system worse day by day. 2.Regional favoritism grew tremendously especially in Bengal community. 3.There is no freedom to speak up against this issue as the entire system till Group Heads are of the same community. I am glad i got out of the system.

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Pros

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Cons

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