Is Novartis a good company to work for?

Novartis has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 12,666 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 80% of employees would recommend working at Novartis to a friend and 69% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Novartis have been left by employees working as Summer Intern , Intern and Financial Analyst .

Does Novartis pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Novartis employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Novartis. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Novartis?

80% of Novartis employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Novartis 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Novartis?

Manager (269) , Associate Director (208) , Analyst (198) , Director (186) , Senior Analyst (160) , Intern (144) , Project Manager (139) , Sales Representative (131) , Medical Representative (92) , Business Analyst (90) , Internship (71) , Medical Science Liaison (MSL) (69) , Senior Manager (64) , Scientist (58) , Data Scientist (57)

What are the pros of working at Novartis according to real employee reviews?

"The work life balance is good and a company to look out for in later career" ((in 986 reviews)); "Great Culture Awesome long lasting connections Learned lots while I was there having no Pharma background" ((in 784 reviews)); "Benefits are good and scientists are motivated and talented." ((in 697 reviews)); "great people (managed not so well) and it was used to be much more scientific." ((in 427 reviews)); "Good Salary and Bonus." ((in 394 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Novartis according to real employee reviews?

"If we are in good managers team... It's the best place to work... Else it's a hell...." ((in 138 reviews)); "Poor leadership that is distant from ground reality due to prolonged TfG/restructuring and it's hangover." ((in 112 reviews)); "Constant layoffs happening every year" ((in 81 reviews)); "Growth opportunity is limited and depends on your team" ((in 68 reviews)); "Managers weren't very helpful and upper management was too busy protecting their own jobs." ((in 46 reviews))

What are employees saying about Novartis layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Novartis layoffs and their outlook for job security at Novartis in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Novartis locations?

East Hanover , Cambridge , Morris Plains , New York , Fort Worth , Emeryville , Boston , San Diego , Jersey City , Newark , Parsippany , Florham Park , Chicago , Houston , San Francisco , Los Angeles , San Carlos , Dallas , Atlanta , Suffern , Miami , Indianapolis , Wilson , Durham , Raleigh , Vacaville , Morristown , Lincoln , Washington , Holly Springs

Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,064 total reviews)

Vas Narasimhan

86% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

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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).

Reviews by job title

9K reviews

5.0

Mar 12, 2017

Role expansion

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to work and I have been here for 17 years

Cons

Conservative organization, sometimes overly beauracratic

3.0

Mar 9, 2017

Director

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great forward thinking organization. Heavily driven by policies, procedures and process which is a good thing in a pharma co. Talent development, performance and key HR drivers are exceptionally managed and they do a great job of communicating vision, mission and goals with all employees at all levels.

Cons

Going through transformation/changes (like other co's) however they talk a big game about employees and how they are a primary resource, but it is all talk. There is still a lot of who knows who, connections get promoted and clicks still exist! The internal staffing process is not fair and succession planning does not always get rolled out effectively, non-biased way. Its who you know.

4.0

Mar 7, 2017

Global pharma giant

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Serve a great cause, meaningful purpose Global culturally diverse colleagues who are very bright and passionate Efforts under way to improve collaboration and have courageous conversations

Cons

Tends to over complicate things The desire to be innovative sometimes cause a lack of alignment across different divisions and regions

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