Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,059 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 9,059 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
1.0
Apr 11, 2014

political company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

money, but very little else unfortunately as the right culture and people are moving to better companies recently, due to the highly unprofessional leadership in certain functions at the top

Cons

all else, right culture and people are moving to better companies recently, due to the highly unprofessional leadership in certain functions at the top

3.0
Apr 10, 2014

Big company, low salaries?

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great learning opportunities. Excellent company to start your career. Pipeline is broad and promising. Science driven. Career opportunities are real.

Cons

Salaries always below market average forces talents to leave. Micromanagement. Oncology pipeline taking too long to take off.

3.0
Mar 31, 2014

overall experience

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

work life balance, overall compensation

Cons

environment stuck with processes and bureaucracy

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