Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,042 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 9,042 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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2.0
Dec 3, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay and benefits are industry average .. good ground to network and best of class in some areas

Cons

Glass ceiling and career path discussed with your manager is just a paper Sr mgmt is bunch of bullies (alpha dogs) and that is a reflection of the rest of the food chain .. long working hours and no understanding of work life balance very negative culture .. and focused on CHF, and more CHFand more $$$$$ .. job cuts announced to the public if it happens in the US .. other places are done quietly they have a marketing term for job cuts, they call it increasing novartis productivity ... they are moving the jobs to INDIA .. that is all. They will bring it back in 2015 when they realize that such model will not work.

1.0
Dec 1, 2010

Life after Diovan...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Big Pharma, Attractive pipeline, talented workforce.

Cons

Political. It's not what you know, it's who you know that likes you which determines career advancement.

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