Good place to retire - Research Investigator II Novartis Employee Review

3.0
Oct 15, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Exposure, resources, big pharma work culture, get to meet doctors and patients aswell, stable job, slow but steady promotions, great work llife balance

Cons

slow growth, monetary compensation not the best, not a good retainer of employees, too diversified, great gap between research and translational science, data access at research not great

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Pays pretty well in comparison to similar jobs in the market

Cons

Unstable schedule where you are often asked to come in overnight (1-2 am) regardless of if you have worked the previous day or are off. Basically feels like you're permanently on-call to conduct environmental monitoring. Training is slow. The Micro dept in general is currently understaffed. The job also involves lab work once you are done with your daily environmental monitoring tasks. The work never ceases and the Technicians as a whole has several responsibilities. Promotions seem to come very slowly here.

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