Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,063 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 9,063 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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3.0
Mar 30, 2014

Like food without salt

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Compensation is adequate and the city of Basel is nice to live in

Cons

Internal culture could learn a lot from the outside world Typical big pharma, no personality company Have not yet heard anyone say 'this is a wonderful place to work' New employees are talked to as if they were fresh from Univiersity

4.0
Mar 28, 2014

Executive Sales consultant

Recommend
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Pros

Excellent pay and benefits. Products that help humanity. Excellent effort ($) put into R&D. The people care and work hard, Diverse portfolio of subdivisions: Brand Pharma, Vaccine, OTC, etc. Let's face it--we need pharma to innovate so we can all live better, healthier lives. Unfortunately, there are strong cultural forces that deny or oppose that idea. This company is trying to walk the tightrope between political correctness and profitability,

Cons

In the Brand divisions several important patents have expired. FDA taking tougher stance on new approvals has made promising pipeline products get denied or require more study. Legislation has taken an industry that was recessing and added to the hurt. Healthcare dollars are moving from patient care to bureaucratic payroll. We are paying people to say "no."

4.0
Mar 27, 2014

Good place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great benefits, flexible work schedules catering to employees, week long shutdown at end of year, good work-life balance

Cons

Management is sometimes not open to concerns of employees, yearly/bi-annual layoffs it seems

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