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      Novartis

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      4.0

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (9,040 total reviews)
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      Vas Narasimhan

      86% approve of CEO

      70% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      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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      9K reviews
      1.0
      Dec 11, 2018

      Morris Plains is a mess

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      * Was given much room to grow and develop * Able to learn a lot * Good Benefits * Really good people

      Cons

      * No work-life balance - worked through holidays, weekends, etc which is fine if you're compensated appropriately. No one wants to non stop work crazy hours without breaks or time off. There is no recognition of people who literally kill themselves for this site, and it's not worth it. Everything is non stop urgent, and none of the systemic issues are fixed. * Management needs to be fixed. There are a lot of people there that don't know what they're doing and it's across multiple groups, and it affects the motivation of everyone. * Look at the turnover of longer working employees, most are leaving because the environment was literally killing us. People who actually do work there get abused, and people who don't do anything just coast there forever. * People who are harassing others are just left there forever, and HR/BPO doesn't adequately address the issues. * They get away with paying under market value and then all of a sudden you get a ~compensation adjustment.~ * Morris Plains is not sustainable right now

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      Novartis Response
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      Thank you for your comment. We are sorry to hear of your experience and take all comments of abuse, bullying or harassment seriously and as such have passed this information to the Novartis Business Practices Office (BPO). We recommend you also contact our BPO directly by email at bpo@novartis.com if you have any additional information to share. Novartis strives to create a safe and fair environment for all its associates and thank you in advance for sharing any additional information with us.
      3.0
      Mar 29, 2018

      Filled with bureaucracy

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work life balance, flexible working hours

      Cons

      Promotions awarded on the basis of how well you are able to butter up your direct report and his/her direct report. Favouritism very much permeates the work culture & work ethic and is a behavior which is encouraged amongst its associates in order to progress in your career.

      2.0
      May 1, 2017

      A company with good policy but bad managers

      Senior scientific writer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good HR policies, work from home, leaves, flexi timings, insurance, crèche facility, transportation, career opportunities

      Cons

      despite having very good policies and career opportunities you seldom have opportunities to use it unless you butter your manager. Especially in medcomms. The managers do not live upto the expectation, neither have the capability to handle team. If they don't like you, they will trap you nicely into office politics. If you know how to please managers then your promotion are rewards are confirmed.

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