Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,066 total reviews)
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86% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,066 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
4.0
Dec 7, 2016

Global Business Admin

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good work life balance depending on dept. Many are able to WFH from time to time. Good salary. Benefits for Novartis employees.

Cons

Since many people WFH it's easy to feel disconnected, especially as a contractor. Little to no contact from manager, which can be good or bad.

5.0
Dec 6, 2016

working in NIBR

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great environment for researchers, great career development support, a lot of internal opportunities, close to academic, bright corporate culture/vision in general, flexible working environment and time.

Cons

Big Pharma setting slow things down, sometimes hard to move things along because of the nature of flexibility/freedom.

2.0
Dec 2, 2016

Suffern Manufacturing Site

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A fun place to work. There are many cross functional teams in this 700 person site. People always willing to go the extra mile.

Cons

Very little room for advancement. There was not a lot of opportunity for promotions and people were hesitant to allow people to move across functions.

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