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      Novartis

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      Novartis reviews

      4.0

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (9,038 total reviews)
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      Vas Narasimhan

      86% approve of CEO

      70% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,038 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
      2.0
      Dec 29, 2008

      Great benefits, poor culture. Not recommended for sensitive types.

      It project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great opportunities for learning and personal development. Good salary. Difficult to beat the salary, if you can tolerate the unhealthy culture.

      Cons

      A company which is full of pushy middle-managers with no life outside Novartis. Make your manager think that you work long hours, shout loudly about small achievements, and suck up to the right people and you will do well at Novartis. The people who do the work are not necessarily the ones who are rewarded. Keep your head down, and work efficiently and you'll end up stuck in the same job forever. A strong separation between the "loved" and "unloved" in Novartis. Depending on your manager and your department within the organization, associates might be offered 1000 times more development opportunities (e.g. MBA-sponsorship) than other, similarly-motiviated and capable employees.

      2.0
      Dec 27, 2008

      Could be a great company....but falls way short!

      Scientist ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1) Overall a safe company to work in difficult times 2) Has distributed bonuses for 5 years now in a row 3) Company does a good job of organizing meet and greets, social events, etc

      Cons

      1) For a company of its size, support in every area is lacking severely. IT, lab, instrument upkeep are all very poor. 2) Has way too many meetings that resolve nothing 3) Associates are treated as commodity and are made to feel it. You are really just another 'pair of hands' 4) Not rewarded by patent nominations. If you are not a Ph.D. do not even think of making a patent even if you came up with the idea on your own. 5) Very European class structure, nobility (being Ph.Ds and above) and peasants ( anyone under) 6) No one takes responsibility for anything. Waited for 4 years after this site opened before compound purity standards were issued. 7) No fixed practices for anything. Nearly every week there is a change in policy regarding safety criteria, notebook submissions, etc

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