Is Novartis a good company to work for?

Novartis has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 12,643 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 been stable over the past 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 (268) , Associate Director (206) , Analyst (198) , Director (185) , Senior Analyst (159) , Intern (144) , Project Manager (139) , Sales Representative (130) , 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 991 reviews)); "Great Culture Awesome long lasting connections Learned lots while I was there having no Pharma background" ((in 804 reviews)); "Good benefits and you get to work with very talented and intelligent individuals." ((in 721 reviews)); "great people (managed not so well) and it was used to be much more scientific." ((in 437 reviews)); "Salary is good but not all" ((in 369 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 114 reviews)); "Frequent reorganizations and layoffs create uncertainty." ((in 84 reviews)); "Managers weren't very helpful and upper management was too busy protecting their own jobs." ((in 44 reviews)); "Senior Management busy with initiatives they think are engaging" ((in 34 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

(9,052 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 9,052 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

3.0

Jun 9, 2018

Patient Services Liaison

Psl

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company benefits and vacation package

Cons

Patient and Specialty Services division is a mess and has been since I started the past 3 years. Three different leaders with three different visions create chaos. No one trusts upper management as they dismantle the program and lay off nurses. They do not want to hear when patients are effected, basically a shut up mentality!

3.0

Oct 20, 2017

Scientist II

Scientist ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible work hours with some family oriented benefits

Cons

Disparate pay scale for women compared to men

1.0

Jun 7, 2017

MES

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The organisation is good as a whole but not the managers as their personality reflect arrogance and bad attitude. If you are a bengali then its not that bad.

Cons

Well all the managers from Practice Heads to Team Leads are full of crap. Horrondous culture. They don't do anything to keep the employees happy but everything to ruin their career. They have too much favouritism towards those bengali folks since the managers and the group heads are bengali. It was all about putting their favourite employees on the silver plate while drawning the others in the mud. Plenty of immature bullying that often comes off as cartoonish, be it TLs or even Practice Heads. I am assuming they need to layoff such managers, clean off the middle managers to create a good environment in the organisation. Till then avoid it like a plague

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