Big company, low salaries? - Anonymous employee Novartis Employee Review

3.0
Apr 10, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great learning opportunities. Excellent company to start your career. Pipeline is broad and promising. Science driven. Career opportunities are real.

Cons

Salaries always below market average forces talents to leave. Micromanagement. Oncology pipeline taking too long to take off.

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Pros

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Cons

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