Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,064 total reviews)
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Vas Narasimhan

86% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

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).

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9K reviews
3.0
Aug 19, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Solid company, excellent benefits, strong base salary, job security.

Cons

Limited opportunity for growth. Be prepared to be thrown under the bus and your work constantly questioned by the upper levels of Clinical Operations. Oh, and be prepared to do nothing but work.

4.0
Aug 18, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This is a top pharma co, that pays well with good staff benefit. Lots of talented people, which makes the intellectual challenge simulating.

Cons

An army of people is created at the wrong level, who does not add value but only burden the people (who are really working) with unnecessary demands. Energy gets wasted just to align any decision with group vs division vs region, and thus most apt for people who talk their way thru work. Corporate structure is hard and empowerment is only in theory.

3.0
Aug 16, 2014

Good Company to experience challenging job

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary, Challenging Work, Business Trip

Cons

Unconvinient location, Huge overtime work

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