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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2.0
Mar 23, 2010

novartis

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Novartis makes great drugs, often best or first in class. Unfortunately, the development is often lacking to bring the drugs to market

Cons

Very poor work-life balance. Senior management are all 24-7 workaholics, and expect the same of all employees...even admins in some cases

3.0
Mar 5, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Freedom to work on different projects and am allowed to see how the actual R&D works, from an industry perspective

Cons

Not friendly and treated like an outsider. Very average cafeteria and no coffee place on campus - at least ten minute drive for good coffee and restaurants; bureaucratic management

1.0
Mar 1, 2010

Not for the faint of heart

Anonymous employee
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Pros

highly competent people good clinical team

Cons

lack of integrity cut throat culture no work life balance lots of management turnover

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