Sandoz reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(875 total reviews)
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Richard Saynor

86% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Sandoz has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 875 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sandoz 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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875 reviews
2.0
Oct 24, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Please note that Fougera (formerly Nycomed) is now part of Sandoz. There are some managers who are very professional and helpful. The salaries and benefits are great, as they are part of Sandoz/Novartis.

Cons

Having worked for several companies, I consider Fougera one of the worst. It has a very bad working environment, with negative attitudes, a lack of accountability, lots of complaining, and very rude and unprofessional personnel. Some employees are very lazy – including one who sleeps and snores in their cubicle for 80% of the day, and another who does not take the extra step to return trash cans to their original locations when they empty the trash (these little things make a difference). There is a lot of animosity between line staff and management. Sandoz, the governing company, is trying to implement new policies and procedures that would steer Fougera in the right direction, but there is a large amount of resistance.

1.0
Oct 23, 2014

Not a good place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The benefits are about the only good thing about this company.

Cons

To much overtime with poor planning of work flow. The company was best when it was Geneva but now has a very poor work environment with most new employees not staying. The expectations are unrealistic and many times cannot be met. If you are good at your job you will probably be stuck in that position with no promotions. Some of the management can be very unprofessional and don't know what they are doing. I have seen good employees be fired for small mistakes or maybe even something that was not even their fault. If you are a new hire you are usually a temp threw an agency and it takes about a year to get hired on if you get hired at all. I don't recommend this company unless you are desperate and have no other choices. I am sorry to be so negative but the truth hurts!

1.0
Sep 28, 2014

Great if you like doing emergency slide deck prep

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some very nice people in certain departments. Their products are free on the prescription plan if you need them.

Cons

Where to start... My Manager could best be described as a vicious Rottweiler that barks orders faster than a Chihuahua on speed. Directors spend over half their time on slide deck preparation. Underlings spend insane amount of time providing data for said decks. Not much value added work has been done in years. Top down edicts have demand & supply plans in chaos. A culture of fear is pervasive and turnover is sky high. Contractors will never be hired to full time but why would they want to be?

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