Does Novartis pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Novartis employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Novartis. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Novartis?

80% of Novartis employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Novartis 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Novartis?

Manager (268) , Associate Director (205) , Analyst (198) , Director (185) , Senior Analyst (159) , Intern (144) , Project Manager (139) , Sales Representative (130) , Medical Representative (91) , Business Analyst (90) , Internship (71) , Medical Science Liaison (MSL) (69) , Senior Manager (64) , Scientist (58) , Data Scientist (56)

What are the pros of working at Novartis according to real employee reviews?

"The work life balance is good and a company to look out for in later career" ((in 977 reviews)); "Great Culture Awesome long lasting connections Learned lots while I was there having no Pharma background" ((in 811 reviews)); "Benefits are good and scientists are motivated and talented." ((in 703 reviews)); "great people (managed not so well) and it was used to be much more scientific." ((in 432 reviews)); "Salary is good but not all" ((in 372 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Novartis according to real employee reviews?

"If we are in good managers team... It's the best place to work... Else it's a hell...." ((in 138 reviews)); "Poor leadership that is distant from ground reality due to prolonged TfG/restructuring and it's hangover." ((in 110 reviews)); "Constant layoffs and re" ((in 84 reviews)); "Limited growth opportunities; too many levels of approvals to get things done" ((in 66 reviews)); "Hard working and long hours" ((in 48 reviews))

What are employees saying about Novartis layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Novartis layoffs and their outlook for job security at Novartis in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Novartis locations?

Buenos Aires , Olivos , Hurlingham

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4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,047 total reviews)

Vas Narasimhan

86% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture & values

3.6

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,047 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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Reviews by job title

9K reviews

4.0

Apr 13, 2011

Very unstable due to product patents and very unorganized with the new Psychiatry Division

Senior sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Benefits, Reputable Company, Equal Opportunity, Very Good Salary, flexible schedule Novartis is very ethical when doing business and the sales team management is very good at relaying information to the sales force.

Cons

Big Pharma and very unstable right now. Layoffs every year with no criteria so you don't know who or when and if you will be layed off at any given time. They are not good at sending information down to representative level.

2.0

Apr 7, 2011

Overall, gathered valuable experience on how not to act as a professional.

Senior sales specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

decent pay; there are fantastic managers working here but they are far, few and in b/w; company car; good benefits; can't think of anything else

Cons

upper management was incompetent, poor communication b/w divisions, created an atmosphere of intense (negative) competition b/w reps in offices and accounts, do not work for the Giegy division

2.0

Apr 3, 2011

Roller coaster ride with steep decline last 5 years. Deceptive management decisions, unrealistic compensation goals.

Pharmacy field sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits! Good base salary! Recognition and rewards! Diversity! Ethical!

Cons

Pipeline is inconsistent. Poor management decisions in planning and launch of new medications. Poor decisions in planning national field territory sales coverage.Deceptive communications from management. They claim transparency but made many decisions behind the scenes and did not share it with the field and was not willing to discuss it after it was implemented. They rushed to expand and hire new sales employees to sell a new drug rather than use the talented pool of current field sales to fill positions. The drug has failed badly so they decided to restructure the division and displace many good productive highly compensated employees to make up for the lost profits and revenue. Then hire some back at reduced salary and larger territory. I hear more layoffs to come.

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