Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,065 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 9,065 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
Mar 29, 2016

Great company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits for employees. Lots of opportunities within the global organizations and various company locations. Well defined processes. Encouraging speak-up culture.

Cons

Bureaucracy, layers and layers of approval before any decision gets made.

2.0
Mar 16, 2016

Global Trial Leader

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Telecommuting Options A lot of opportunities to move to other areas within the company

Cons

So focused on faster delivery to market and profit have forgotten that happy employees are productive employees. Team mentality is gone and replaced with finger pointing and blame.

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