Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,041 total reviews)
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86% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,041 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
3.0
Oct 24, 2010

Very political company

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Pros

Diverse teams with many employees from different countries coming together to form cross functional teams. Chemistry is always good among these workers.

Cons

It's who you know not what you know that determines when u move up. Be ready to move for promotions.

4.0
Oct 19, 2010

Novartis pros and cons

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Excellent facilities, great compensation, part-time work possible, teleworkiing possible, finanacially sound organization, important role in our health care, great place for those on the fast track and willing to make a fast-tracked career.

Cons

Mega company especially when working at headquarters, impersonal, personnel and management turnaround is very fast resulting in staff insecurity, change is good but constant change creates insecurity and frustration

3.0
Oct 15, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Exposure, resources, big pharma work culture, get to meet doctors and patients aswell, stable job, slow but steady promotions, great work llife balance

Cons

slow growth, monetary compensation not the best, not a good retainer of employees, too diversified, great gap between research and translational science, data access at research not great

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