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
4.0
Feb 11, 2025

Enjoyed my time

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good work/life balance Good salary and benefits Learning/professional development opportunities

Cons

Frequent change in company structure Offshoring of roles

3.0
Jan 27, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, strong competitive strategy, Good vision.

Cons

Constant state of re-structuring with little feeling for security of role, location, or corporate stability. Many roles moving outside of "high cost" (US) countries.

1.0
Dec 28, 2024

Not fair, toxic environment

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good if you prefer a toxic, not transparent, not friendly environment. Lack of leadership and talent/hard working appreciation, a lot of laid off.

Cons

Bad environment, internal politics. No chance to grow, bias. Toxic environment, not supportive. Not responsible. The environment, especially QC is not sustainable, not healthy, full of judgement. People dont like to hear changes and improvement. A lot of QC scientists dont know basic knowledge, principles or calculations for methods. Not enough trainers. They dont need people with smart, excellent capacity, they just need someones just bown down to work, never give any suggestions. They dont welcome suggestions. In the team, you can feel easily the bias. The information was not clearly and transparent transferring in the team. If you dont have network, you better to set up close to someone “already has some benefits” “already in main stream of politics”. Otherwise, you are easily to be out of help, out of support. Not healthy and positive environment. Not good for a sustainable development.

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