Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,037 total reviews)
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Vas Narasimhan

86% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,037 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Novartis employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Farmacéutica y biotecnología industry (3.5 stars).

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9K reviews
4.0
May 26, 2026
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Pros

Overall, very good work-life balance and comparable benefits across industry. My function was great! Career advancement opportunities are limited.

Cons

RSUs and options are given to people at senior principal scientist level and above. Anyone below that is not getting it. Comes across as very stingy company and try to pinch pennies now and then while allocating 15 billion dollar for shareholder returns to Wall Street. Their risk-taking appetite is less compared to more nimble upcomig biotechs.

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