Fine company to work for - Expert Scientific Writer Novartis Employee Review

4.0
Apr 19, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

After a huge corporate restructuring Novartis is now settling. Individual teams have been great, a lot of talented people who are catching up and perhaps overworked after surviving layoffs. Flexible working to an extent. Fair compensation and packages - superior to agency

Cons

After huge numbers of layoffs a lot of people are over worked to make up for losses in numbers

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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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