Novartis reviews

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

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
4.0
Apr 16, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Laid back, work life balance

Cons

Limited growth opportunities and poor planning

5.0
Apr 14, 2026

Good culture

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

culture is good, learning opportunities

Cons

Too much transformational changes, every 18 months restructuring

5.0
Apr 14, 2026

Great place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Culture, work life balance, stability is really good

Cons

No internal growth and once you habituated with Novartis culture, difficult to sustain outside

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