Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,040 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 9,040 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
Sep 23, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The comp package is quite good, but expect to work hard to keep it.

Cons

The politics are overwhelming, so be prepared to wade through the mire of red tape. The corporate motto may be "Caring and Curing" but the actuality is "make your numbers or your fired."

4.0
Aug 2, 2009

Nepotism

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible work schedules 401K matching Great pipeline of anticancer drugs

Cons

Difficult to keep abreast of so many internal policy and procedural changes Management positions doled out based on favoritism and not true talent and experience Difficult to advance on chosen career path without knowing the "right people" Culture is built on 'every man for himself' and not teamwork Management seems threatened by those they manage

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