Novartis reviews

Size can be a disadvantage when trying to make an impression and move up. There are many others at your position and it is difficult to stand out. It is especially so for Clinical Managers (CM) who have 3 levels to go through (CM; Senior CM; Expert CM) before they can really start moving up. If you want a stable company with decent benefits, that's a great place to be. If you are looking for a quick move up, not so.

The leadership listens to consultants too frequently - the consultants want to sell an "idea" that may or may not be feasible. The leaders need their own "fresh" ideas to sell up the chain of command, and so they buy into many of the worthless "ideas" of consultants and believe that young, inexperienced consultants actually have better "ideas" than proven, dedicated employees. The leaders need to wake up and FIRE all consultants, and FORMER consultants that are now employees. All of the consultants lack the dedication and operational expertise to actually take an "idea" and execute. The consultants have repeatedly sold leaders "ideas" that are quickly reversed by the new leaders of the organization who need to have thier own new, "fresh ideas". For example, reorganizing the company - how many times are we going to de-centralize, then centralize, then de-centralize again?