Turnaround needed on culture and management - Anonymous employee Novartis Employee Review

2.0
Jan 11, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Scale, mission and many great colleagues

Cons

Lost its way in last couple of years: no focus on performance, people decisions made exclusively on political considerations. Culture is not authentic and is understood as "one must echo the party line at all times, but everyone knows it is untrue". Overall mood is at a low point, and bloated HQ is disconnected from execution. As a result, employees disproportionally focus on party politics instead of work

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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

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2.0
May 25, 2026
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Pros

Pays pretty well in comparison to similar jobs in the market

Cons

Unstable schedule where you are often asked to come in overnight (1-2 am) regardless of if you have worked the previous day or are off. Basically feels like you're permanently on-call to conduct environmental monitoring. Training is slow. The Micro dept in general is currently understaffed. The job also involves lab work once you are done with your daily environmental monitoring tasks. The work never ceases and the Technicians as a whole has several responsibilities. Promotions seem to come very slowly here.

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