Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,057 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 9,057 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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4.0
Feb 27, 2013

Excellent Company

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Pros

Great people, excellent benefits, generous paid time off, closed the week of Christmas, excellent opportunities to advance career, tuition reimbursement. I was downsized, but the severance package was extremely generous and sympathetic. I worked there for almost 20 years and had several positions of increasing responsibility, visibility and compensation. When they eliminaed my department I was sad to leave the company, but it was, objectively, a sound business decision. I would work for them again in a heartbeat.

Cons

High expectations and there a a LOT of processes. "Do more with less" culture. All global sites are truly run by Switzerland. I really have nothing bad to say about this company.

3.0
Feb 27, 2013

Stressful

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good salary, learning, ability to use ones creativity

Cons

Stressful, tough, very high politics

4.0
Feb 22, 2013

review of novartis

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Pros

very fair in assessing perfrmance

Cons

not very open to work life balance

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