Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,064 total reviews)
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Vas Narasimhan

86% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,064 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Novartis employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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9K reviews
2.0
Aug 27, 2021

Slow pharma

Recommend
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Pros

Broad portfolio, good benefits and work-life balance

Cons

If you are not working on top priority projects you have barely enough resources to keep things moving. Pace is too slow to compete with biotechs.

1.0
Aug 16, 2021

Long over time

Recommend
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Pros

Over time meal provided, benefit is ok but not great, salary is industry average but not as high as expected.

Cons

1, lots over time if you are working at share service center 2, because reporting to Switchland, you are always 7 hrs behind during month end which creates extremely pressue if you work in the US time zone 3, In most company, Issue is a simple JE fix or under accrual. But in Novartis, you will be listed on the blacklist email. 4, Monthly performance review which is too much.

5.0
Aug 4, 2021

Good all around

Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance, incentives, amenities on campus, etc. Easy to get around the campus and even during COVID they are taking precautions to keep everyone safe

Cons

So far no real downsides to working at Novartis. It is fairly large so it can be hard to transfer to different areas. However, my experience is that if you make it known you want to work in certain areas then you can get resources to make it happen.

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