Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,053 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 9,053 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
2.0
Nov 9, 2023

Be Careful

Recommend
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Pros

Novartis undoubtedly employs some very intelligent people. They're also involved in some interesting and innovative projects. Pay and benefits are among the best in the business sector.

Cons

Management style is very top-down and controlling with an attitude of "do as I tell you - or else!" The company is very dysfunctional; information is often difficult to find and departments are discouraged from interacting with each other. Mandatory meetings frequently held at impractical hours.

1.0
Jul 23, 2023

NOVartis

Recommend
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Pros

Not enough of them to name

Cons

This list is endless. Cut throat peers, disorganization at every level. Too much corporate Beauracracy

2.0
Jul 21, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits, pay and very diverse

Cons

Was told that my position would be getting cut 5 month into being hired. Company is getting restructured and are laying off majority of the employees. Upper management only cares about business and profit and want to expand business in the US while trying to cut cost without any explanation to the employees. No questions were being answered during the transformation process while people were told to work at their dead end jobs for “business continuity”. Company is constantly going through restructuring and this has been going on for over 10 years from what the long term employees have said. Lay offs have been happening for many years without any stability or sustainability of the new models. Feels like your walking around with a sword over your head cuz you never know when you’ll be told to go.

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