Good opportunity for fresh graduates - Anonymous employee Novartis Employee Review

2.0
Jun 23, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Provide good opportunity for fresh graduates to gain relevant work experience in the Pharma industry.

Cons

Apparently there's a difference in treatment of employees in company's headquarters as compared to other subsidiaries of the company. My experience in a subsidiary company is that there's a general lack of training opportunities lately and a slow career progression for people in my department. Pay scale is very much lower than other pharma companies in neighboring countries for the same job level.

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