Great Company... Only wish they would stay. - Validation Specialist Novartis Employee Review

4.0
Jul 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

With 25+ years in, pay is good with decent benefits. Granted, not as good as when I started, relatively speaking, but still decent. Currently allows for good life/work balance including flexible schedule...

Cons

Facility shutting down due to pipeline headed in alernative forms of doseage as compared to solid doseage.

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5.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

Great work environment and amazing benefits

Cons

Stressful workload and difficult schedule

4.0
Jul 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent benefits, competitive salary, and great (manager-dependent) work-life balance. Generous amount of vacation time (and a month long sabbatical after 6 years)!

Cons

Experience is very manager dependent and there tends to be discrepancies between groups for treatment, raises/promotions, etc. Higher management is very disconnected to what the day-to-day tasks of scientists looks like, leading to unrealistic expectations. In a scientific role, promotions come quickly in the first few years but then there is a plateau and steep requirements thereafter.

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