Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,053 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 9,053 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 30, 2012

Laid off from Novartis

Recommend
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Pros

There are still some good people working at Novartis

Cons

Poor pipeline management. They have many products in their pipeline but because of poor management they can't get them passed the FDA.

2.0
Jan 5, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pays well Tries to focus on innovation Not a lot of beuracracy

Cons

Every employee is treated like a number, does not value its employees Churns and burns people out, senior leadership is a revolving door Runs the company like a bank, is unable to invest in the long term health of the business (R&D, IT, etc)

2.0
Oct 22, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

NVS provides great benefits and the tradeable options are great in this economy.

Cons

Despite what Senior Management say, the culture is "make your numbers or you're fired." Lousy severance package.

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