Is Novartis a good company to work for?

Novartis has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 12,680 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 (145) , Project Manager (138) , Sales Representative (131) , Medical Representative (92) , Business Analyst (91) , 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 980 reviews)); "Great Culture Awesome long lasting connections Learned lots while I was there having no Pharma background" ((in 804 reviews)); "Benefits are good and scientists are motivated and talented." ((in 729 reviews)); "great people (managed not so well) and it was used to be much more scientific." ((in 434 reviews)); "Salary is good but not all" ((in 373 reviews))

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

"poor management and handling of issues raised" ((in 262 reviews)); "If we are in good managers team... It's the best place to work... Else it's a hell...." ((in 145 reviews)); "Poor leadership that is distant from ground reality due to prolonged TfG/restructuring and it's hangover." ((in 114 reviews)); "constant reorganizing and layoffs; very top" ((in 85 reviews)); "Hard working and long hours" ((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 , Raleigh , Wilson , Durham , Vacaville , Morristown , Lincoln , Washington , Holly Springs

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Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,072 total reviews)

Vas Narasimhan

86% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture & values

3.6

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,072 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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Reviews by job title

9K reviews

1.0

Feb 6, 2015

Sales Mgr

Sales manager (primary care or mass mkt)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

HUGE Company with amazing resources & oportunity. Good current products & great pipeline A LOT (lot, lot) meetings. The are extremely helpful and many decisions are made. Many Key forms, spreadsheets & reports are created to help guide the reps.

Cons

The yearly performance review fiom is HUGE &confusing-&was called absolute ridiculousness by the author of "The One Minute Manager"Ken Blanchard- who was our keynote speaker. He also said that cutting the Bottom 20% of your sales force every year has idiocy. We managers gave him a standing ovation. .. and he was never seen or heard from again. The administration load is so extreme that rep are more concerned with checking boxes on the spreadsheet them selling---crazy, absolute cra cra. If you are good at admin, email, creative writing, excel (most imp. thing a Mgr gotta know-says my VP) ppt, and politocs- you sir/madam will make a great manager! Forget selling/trainimg/coaching- focus on covering your 6.

3.0

Feb 4, 2015

MA III

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very flexible with work schedule

Cons

The companies values are good and training is getting better, not where it needs to be but it is really improving.

2.0

Feb 4, 2015

medical comms

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good benefits, pleasant facilities, nil else

Cons

A lot of talk about innovation and integrity , however certainly not put into practice. Very poor communication from senior management to associates regarding work processes and expectations. Highly "customer " focused at cost of integrity, GCP and GPP.

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