Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,052 total reviews)
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86% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,052 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
2.0
Jul 28, 2025

Management are poor leaders

Recommend
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Pros

None really as they hire and fire too fast

Cons

Management are poor leaders and dont respect staff

3.0
Jul 26, 2025

Poor leadership

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance, average package

Cons

Leadership is worst. Leader has no understanding on subject. They only manage people with biased view. No power of judgement of who is capable and who is not.

4.0
Jul 25, 2025

Novartis the Heart of Medicine

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good and constructive bosses (at least within my department) QA are helpful with documentation and processes. For Manufacturing, most would be collaborative. Monthly to quarterly celebrated free meals Gym is present Canteen food is not too shabby Colleagues are collaborative Work from homes for white collar workers Transportation is provided Environment smells like a farm. Literally feritlisers(cow dung) all around the area

Cons

Pretty far away (tuas south) Mostly getting stuck in jams if you drive No AWS You are in an isolated area so it feels like you are transported to one of the remote islands of malaysia or indonesia Work load can be pretty high but culture seems good

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