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      Novartis

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      4.0

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (9,057 total reviews)
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      Vas Narasimhan

      86% approve of CEO

      69% positive business outlook

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      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,057 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
      4.0
      Apr 14, 2014

      It's all about the money

      Scientist i
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good track record of bringing therapy to patients

      Cons

      The bottom line is the money being made for novarits, Basel and the board.

      4.0
      Jan 21, 2014

      Most Admired Pharmaceutical Company, 2012.

      Associate director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Competitive salary and benefits (gym, subsidized Starbucks, sufficient parking, gourmet food choices), decent technology and support. Progressive IT - imperfect but better than any other pharma. Everyone who gets a work phone gets an iPhone (if that's your thing). Theoretical work/life flexibility - many people work remotely routinely. Decent pipeline. Campuses are mostly impeccable art forms. Mission statement is plausible and realistic. VERY open to "diversity". Apparently building a child care center in East Hanover (evidence of commitment to working parents). Talent pool is average, i.e. MOST employees are competent and contractors are VERY qualified if not over qualified. C-suite is respectable and 80% transparent. Andre the US head is a really approachable executive - I think he has done a great job in a challenging time.

      Cons

      Just the usual: dearth of good management with the intermittent psychopath and marginally incompetent co-worker in the mix. Surplus of McKinsey mouth pieces with PhDs creating "value" and "strategy", e.g. fancy content-free powerpoints without basis in reality. Abundance of scientists disconnected from reality. Very little effort to embrace the obvious solution of coordinating research, development and marketing. Fiefdoms still exist. Cannabalistic performance management system through archaic, forced ranking. European colleagues have 8-10 weeks vacation and expect North America to be as cheerful while we 2x the work. Bureaucracy can be frustrating, i.e. we each have a thousand complex passwords and redundant systems for everything. They have adopted 100% open space even if you don't have a collaborative task, you WILL collaborate.

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