High pressure, lots of growth but be prepared to move in order to be promoted - Director Novartis Employee Review

3.0
Feb 24, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is competitive, product line and business challenging, lots of opportunities to develop

Cons

Very few decide your fate and all it takes is one of the leader to not like you for you to be stuck. If you want to get promoted, be prepared to move where they tell you to go.

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5.0
Apr 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great leaders of the program, Jess and Raf, they still keep in touch with past interns good envrionemnt, had living provided and cahrlie car got very close with other interns (network for life)

Cons

Training was long and the mentors shoudlve done it too some of the departments are clicky and some mentors suck and skip through the training

2.0
May 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Pays pretty well in comparison to similar jobs in the market

Cons

Unstable schedule where you are often asked to come in overnight (1-2 am) regardless of if you have worked the previous day or are off. Basically feels like you're permanently on-call to conduct environmental monitoring. Training is slow. The Micro dept in general is currently understaffed. The job also involves lab work once you are done with your daily environmental monitoring tasks. The work never ceases and the Technicians as a whole has several responsibilities. Promotions seem to come very slowly here.

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