Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,056 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 9,056 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
Jan 17, 2011

Was better when it was Chiron

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Pros

-Excellent location (heart of Biotech Bay) within a not-so-urban-yet-not-so-industrial setting. -Employees show great team-work efforts in their respective departments as well as do their best to be accommodating to their respective customers. -Depending on who your manager is...they MIGHT listen to you.

Cons

-Depending on who your manager is...they MIGHT not care about the following: you, your need for professional growth, your opinions, your diligent efforts to improve, and if you've made errors will make it a point to overshadow the positives with the negatives. -Micromanagement is not a style--it's a way of life. -If you're looking for sympathy you're barking up the wrong tree. -Hiring temps (contractors) and constantly renewing their contracts without even so much as notifying them as to when their contract is actually up or whether or not that temp even WANTS to renew their contract

3.0
Oct 25, 2010

Ok place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- summer Fridays - hours not too grueling

Cons

- P&G haven (without the resources)

5.0
Oct 19, 2010

Company review

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Pros

- challengible global working environment; - Good career evelopment opportunity; - talent co-workers; - rich compounds and strong pipeline; - efficient management team

Cons

- complicated and out-of -date working reporting system; - lack of standidaziaion of working procedures, trial reporting procedures; - heavy workload

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