Novanta reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(49 total reviews)
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Matthijs Glastra

71% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

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4.0
Jul 16, 2025

Great company with a lot of red tape

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Pros

Benefits: 401K, Medical and vision, company culture, good products.

Cons

Red tape, salaries, no commission, internal systems work against you and sometimes prevent you from doing your job.

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Novanta Response
1y
We’re glad to hear you appreciate our benefits, culture, and products—those are areas we work hard to deliver on, and it's great to know they’re making a positive impact. We also want to acknowledge your concerns around internal processes and red tape. Like many growing organizations, we’re continuously evolving how we work to support our teams more effectively. We understand that navigating processes can sometimes be challenging, and we’re always looking for ways to improve while maintaining the quality and consistency that our customers and employees expect. Thank you again for your insights and for being part of our team. We’re committed to growing and improving together.
2.0
Sep 17, 2024

Average place

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Pros

Smart team members Good benefits Great place to learn

Cons

Low Salary Inexperienced managers No upward mobility I mean zero

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Novanta Response
1y
We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience and are proud of the Novanta Way culture we’ve built that promotes continuous learning, collaboration and feedback. Our compensation offerings are tailored to each employee’s responsibilities, tenure, role, and experience. It’s our expectation that all People Managers have career discussions with their employees throughout the year and encourage you to bring your professional development up with your manager. We understand the important role our managers and leaders play in ensuring career growth opportunities for all employees. That’s why we offer development programs and Novanta Growth System (NGS) workshops where our leaders (and aspiring leaders) focus on self-awareness, growth, leadership philosophies and effective communication. If you have specific feedback you’d like to share, we urge you to reach out to your HR partner – we’re here to help!
2.0
Jul 14, 2024
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Pros

Great manager in our dept.

Cons

Upper management is self-absorbed and arrogant. They raise the production numbers but do not give the workers functional parts and materials needed to make the ever increasing numbers. In the end the workers are forced to do overtime while the culprits are home watching TV.

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Novanta Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. The experience you described with upper management does not reflect our desired intent at Novanta. We want to assure you that we review all feedback from employees and do our best to take action based on what we learn to improve the way we work. We are intentional about being transparent that many changes came directly from the team’s feedback, so employees know we’re listening. In addition, we have standards for our leaders and we put much action into ensuring employees have a consistent experience with leaders where ever they work in the company. Our managers are expected to focus on self-awareness, growth, Novanta Way leadership philosophies and effective communication. We would like to hear more about your concerns and encourage you to speak with a manager or HR Partner you trust.
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