Tough Environment, Little Reward - Executive Director Novartis Employee Review

2.0
Aug 11, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good compensation and benefits; Flexibility in your schedule; Nice work environment from a facilities perspective; Opportunity to work with some really smart people

Cons

Lack of career development and advancement; If you're not part of the "in crowd" you're just passed over for everything; Senior Leadership is inexperienced and only know how to grow through cutting costs, lack maturity to really understand how to run an organization; Support functions are very lean but expected to handle tremendous workloads

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5.0
Apr 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great leaders of the program, Jess and Raf, they still keep in touch with past interns good envrionemnt, had living provided and cahrlie car got very close with other interns (network for life)

Cons

Training was long and the mentors shoudlve done it too some of the departments are clicky and some mentors suck and skip through the training

2.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Products to represent and many opportunities for advancement

Cons

Poor culture, Poor Leadership. Restructuring every year or two.

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