Novanta reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(326 total reviews)
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Matthijs Glastra

71% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Novanta has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 326 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Novanta employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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326 reviews
3.0
Aug 16, 2025

Ok, but ..

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You get to work on meaningful products Friendly colleagues

Cons

Salary is below market A lot of time and effort is spent on very low impact things Lack of certain competencies (communication, technical understanding) at managerial level to enable higher productivity Unstructured, way of working - way too much problems require vigorous face to face communication. Too much meetings that could have been an email.

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Novanta Response
11mo
Thank you for taking the time to share a thoughtful and detailed review. We’re glad to hear you’ve found the work meaningful and have had a positive experience with your colleagues—they are cornerstones of our culture that we’re proud to see reflected in your feedback. We also recognize and appreciate the constructive points you’ve raised. Clear communication, role clarity, and operational efficiency are vital to creating a productive and respectful work environment. Through programs like LEAD, we are strengthening our leaders’ skills and capabilities across our eight leadership competencies, building confidence in leaders to make effective decisions based on operational excellence and financial acumen, along with engaging and developing their teams consistently and communicating effectively. Thank you again for your contributions over the past several years and for your continued commitment to improving how we work. Feedback like yours plays an important role in helping us move forward.
5.0
Aug 14, 2025

Great company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome leaders Cool products and innovations

Cons

Company is not well known

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Novanta Response
11mo
Thank you for the kind words and for taking time to share your experience. We’re glad to hear you’re enjoying the leadership, innovations, and exciting work happening across our teams. We’re working to strengthen our brand and are proud of the powerful role our technologies play behind the scenes—helping enable life-changing products across our medical and advanced industrial markets. Our Commercial Excellence Summit earlier this year is one example of how we are addressing our brand and reputation. The summit was an opportunity for leaders across the company to plan for how we will build our brand and serve and partner with customers more effectively. We appreciate your enthusiasm and look forward to continuing to grow our visibility together with help from employees like you.
5.0
Aug 14, 2025

Cool, innovative company with great leaders

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great leaders who are super smart and care about people We make cool products that go into cool products that make a huge difference in people's lives

Cons

Collaboration across the businesses could improve

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Novanta Response
11mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience and for highlighting so many of the things that make Novanta special. We’re thrilled to hear your appreciation for our products, people, and purpose. We also appreciate your perspective on collaboration. With teams working across technologies, geographies, and industries, we see real opportunity in the connections we build. Fostering collaboration remains a key focus as we continue to grow and innovate together, and that’s one of the reasons we gather our leaders and managers from across the company every two months so we can bring them up to speed on the great activities happening around the business and encourage open discussion. We also have a common framework through the Novanta Growth System (NGS). NGS helps us improv our performance through a shared set of principles, behaviors and tools to deploy our strategy, develop innovative products, and build commercial and operational excellence across our business. Thanks again for your thoughtful review and for being part of our mission to deliver innovations that matter.
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