Does Novartis pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Novartis employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Novartis. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Novartis?

80% of Novartis employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Novartis 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Novartis?

Manager (268) , Associate Director (205) , Analyst (198) , Director (185) , Senior Analyst (159) , Intern (144) , Project Manager (139) , Sales Representative (130) , Medical Representative (92) , Business Analyst (90) , Internship (71) , Medical Science Liaison (MSL) (69) , Senior Manager (64) , Scientist (58) , Data Scientist (56)

What are the pros of working at Novartis according to real employee reviews?

"The work life balance is good and a company to look out for in later career" ((in 988 reviews)); "Great Culture Awesome long lasting connections Learned lots while I was there having no Pharma background" ((in 807 reviews)); "Benefits are good and scientists are motivated and talented." ((in 738 reviews)); "great people (managed not so well) and it was used to be much more scientific." ((in 424 reviews)); "Good Salary and Bonus." ((in 364 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Novartis according to real employee reviews?

"If we are in good managers team... It's the best place to work... Else it's a hell...." ((in 137 reviews)); "Poor leadership that is distant from ground reality due to prolonged TfG/restructuring and it's hangover." ((in 114 reviews)); "Frequent reorganizations and layoffs create uncertainty." ((in 86 reviews)); "Growth opportunity is limited and depends on your team" ((in 66 reviews)); "Managers weren't very helpful and upper management was too busy protecting their own jobs." ((in 44 reviews))

What are employees saying about Novartis layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Novartis layoffs and their outlook for job security at Novartis in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Novartis locations?

Buenos Aires , Olivos , Hurlingham

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4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,048 total reviews)

Vas Narasimhan

86% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture & values

3.6

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,048 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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Reviews by job title

9K reviews

1.0

Jun 28, 2022

Extremely toxic and useless place to work at

Senior business analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing. None absolutely. Everything from salary to seniors are worse.

Cons

European Stakeholders treat associates like slaves. No respect at all. Senior members in the team only exist to play politics and lecture the new team members. Unnecessary toxicity and domination exerted. We have to fill 3 different time sheets everyday. No career growth. You do the same thing on excel every month. No scope for learning anything.

Novartis Response

Thank you for your comment. We are sorry to hear of your experience and take all comments of discrimination seriously and as such have passed this information to the Novartis SpeakUp Office (formerly the Business Practices Office (BPO)). We recommend you also contact our SpeakUp Office directly via http://www.speakupnovartis.ethicspoint.com/ if you have any additional information to share. Novartis strives to create a safe and fair environment for all its associates and thank you in advance for sharing any additional information with us.

1.0

Jun 22, 2022

Decent place to work but terrible management

Scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance and decent teams. Great if you want to learn everything about drug development or if you’re in your late career (ie approaching retirement)

Cons

Poor management and managers. Your career development is completely dependent on the kind of manager you have. If you have a bad manager, you will never move up. Managers don’t care about resolving issues. They constantly revisit the same issues. Any vendor issues take years to address. If you have any issues on your own projects, managers will be of little to no use. If you’re looking to learn everything about drug development, recommend to stay no more than 3 years before moving on. Be on the lookout for managers who are quick to blame associates for issues that are ongoing on projects. Managers love to gossip about associates, so be careful to not share too many personal details. Watch your back and cya…

1.0

Jan 18, 2022

No growth and development. Very suck up culture.

Scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Did not enjoy working at Novartis.

Cons

There was no appreciation or recognition even if you worked 7 days a week for them

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