Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,060 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 9,060 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
5.0
Dec 1, 2014

Good

Recommend
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Pros

Good culture & work environment Work-life balance is good

Cons

senior marketing professionals and managers lack leadership skills

3.0
Nov 24, 2014

Networking is key, if you want to get promoted

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people, not too much bureaucracy, good system for identifying and promoting talents

Cons

Promotion sometimes based on being nice rather than being valuable.

2.0
Nov 18, 2014

For a better future.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits are good, but in practice work life balance occurs only to the operational level.

Cons

The salary is lower compared to the market and the demand of working for managers is high due to insufficient structure. The correction of salaries for managers is not aligned with transfer of annual inflation and are usually lagged year by year. When the managers feel exhausted, they leave Novartis Brazil, even after many years with the company. There are no investments in training for managers, regardless of the requirement for development the team. There is no trade off for the managers, the benefits not outweigh the costs.

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