Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

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86% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,040 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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1.0
May 13, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The salary is competitive. The benefits are very nice, in terms of Multisport pass being free. For a time being, it was possible to receive a phone with paid SIM. Those days are gone. Very, very good bonus. It's all about the money.

Cons

High workloads. In the end, all that matters is your time to work on a ticket. Your bonus and efficiency is measured by ticket completion and speed. Tickets, that's the name of the game. Colleagues are encouraged to spy on each other, ensuring that they complete their work. Monitors have been setup in the open space area to compare each other even more. Never mind the fact, that each project and each ticket may vary so much that a comparison is foolish. I know of colleagues who would work 7 days a week. Many work above 9 hours. Support from management is minimal and ends up being collateral damage control, nothing more. No encouragement to improve, and you won't have time for training or looking past your plate. Your plate will be full, all the time. You are expected to work 9 hours a day, there is no compensation for overtime and should you have the audacity to ask it, it will be frowned upon. Management does not actively look at hiring people for the job, but people they like and that might fit in the job somehow. It is a closed-knit group. Instead of hiring a new person, they will shift people around teams if they can't find someone they 'like'. Yes-(wo)men make sure that orders are executed, whatever the fallout may be. No pushing back from the orders above. Avoid them if you wish to keep a work-life balance, and your sanity. Please also consider these examples which I have witnessed: a colleague who was doing work above her pay grade and outside of her scope well over 24 months in a Western European country (tact. buyer -> cat. manager work). A colleague showed interest in another position, and his manager encouraged him to apply to said position. He did so, yet heard nothing from HR. So, after a while that person wrote to them. They received word that the application of the colleague to the position was rejected in the system by the same manager, without any explanation, some time before that. Another colleague showed interest in another position and once it was discovered that the colleague was looking into other positions, the manager contacted the manager who had opened the position and warned the colleague not to engage in such behavior. I myself was discouraged from looking into other positions internally and it was 'forbidden'.

1.0
Mar 8, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance, overall policies on paper

Cons

Favoritism based on region and language is at extreme . if your Group Head is Telgu speaking or Bengali and you are the same. Chances of getting better assignments, promotions are higher. Based on the biases, promotions and high visibility projects to allotted to few while other talent is out-rightly ignored. Their assessemnt centres to promote people are all fixed, deserving candidates are ignored while people who are yes mans are preferred. All the values and behaviors are for associates only and are used to fire associates by group heads who do not fall in their path.

2.0
Jun 12, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company and the division was really good few years back. Work life balance, Travel Policy and HR Policy was good. Now only the new office facilities are worth looking for.

Cons

HR: Confidential meeting information are leaked and used as tool for career problems. Managers: Reviews here speak about Bengali favoritism and it does exist in USBA. Looking at the problem from the other side of the coin reveals extreme favoritism and gossips against Non Bengali team members. Managers plan to frame associates who dares to speak up. Nonsense GH created a culture of courage among such TL to do anything with associate's career. Its such a disturbing environment that Managers frame Associates, Associates frame Managers, Managers frame other Managers for projects, favoritism, hike, promotion. The hyderabad division doesn't believe in improving Patient's lives but more into Office Politics and Gossips. Confidential information of other associates are shared so as to know internal gossips (private/professional). Every Opportunity/Hike/Promotion discussion happens in the smoking area. Now this division is probably the worst place to be for anyone looking for a serious career. Would recommend premier colleges like IIT/BITs/NIT to blacklist this company as compensation is based on region and creed and not merit. Associates from their regional background are hired at twice the compensation as that of associates from IITs.

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