Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,063 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 9,063 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
Jun 21, 2014

ok

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

great site, good products and pipeline of future products, opportunities in many diverse areas. some teams are very nice and friendly to work in/with

Cons

very demanding, lots of pressure, constant changing of structure/business goals, high level of ambiguity. work/life balance not very good.

4.0
Jun 19, 2014

Positive

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Family-like culture and very hard-working/committed colleagues.

Cons

The site is closing by 2016

3.0
Jun 18, 2014

3 year postdoc training at NIBR

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. biggest Pharm with excellent salary 2. good reputation 3. reach tons of projects

Cons

1. pay too much attention to presentation skill 3. too much politics

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