Is Novartis a good company to work for?

Novartis has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 12,630 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 80% of employees would recommend working at Novartis to a friend and 69% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Novartis have been left by employees working as Summer Intern , Intern and Financial Analyst .

Does Novartis pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Novartis employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Novartis. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Novartis?

80% of Novartis employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Novartis 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Novartis?

Manager (268) , Associate Director (205) , Analyst (198) , Director (185) , Senior Analyst (159) , Intern (144) , Project Manager (139) , Sales Representative (130) , Medical Representative (91) , Business Analyst (90) , Internship (71) , Medical Science Liaison (MSL) (69) , Senior Manager (64) , Scientist (58) , Data Scientist (56)

What are the pros of working at Novartis according to real employee reviews?

"The work life balance is good and a company to look out for in later career" ((in 968 reviews)); "Great Culture Awesome long lasting connections Learned lots while I was there having no Pharma background" ((in 791 reviews)); "Good benefits and you get to work with very talented and intelligent individuals." ((in 699 reviews)); "great people (managed not so well) and it was used to be much more scientific." ((in 442 reviews)); "Salary is good but not all" ((in 378 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Novartis according to real employee reviews?

"poor management and handling of issues raised" ((in 258 reviews)); "If we are in good managers team... It's the best place to work... Else it's a hell...." ((in 137 reviews)); "Poor leadership that is distant from ground reality due to prolonged TfG/restructuring and it's hangover." ((in 113 reviews)); "Growth opportunity is limited and depends on your team" ((in 67 reviews)); "Too much bureaucracy and politics" ((in 43 reviews))

What are employees saying about Novartis layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Novartis layoffs and their outlook for job security at Novartis in 2026.

What Novartis locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Saint Louis , Jersey City , Longmont , Atlanta , Libertyville , Tampa , Washington , Durham , Cambridge , Newark

Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,044 total reviews)

Vas Narasimhan

86% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture & values

3.6

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,044 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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Reviews by job title

9K reviews

1.0

Sep 27, 2021

Horrible culture

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

benefits are great, flexible - work life balance

Cons

culture is bad, lack of integrity and decision making for personal gains only

1.0

Jun 15, 2021

Most demeaning work environment I've experienced

Principal scientist ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The science was fun and the work was meaningful and for a good cause. Immediate lab mates were fun to work with and there were some great colleagues with enormous talent.

Cons

Management leaves a lot to be desired. Lab heads commented that they felt like glorified postdocs most of the time. If you want all your autonomy stripped from you, to constantly have your performance questioned, and be managed by individuals who lack true talent yet keep getting promoted, then this is the place for you. Additionally, poor behavior by colleagues was never truly dealt with when brought to HR's attention. Terrible environment for diversity and inclusion even though Novartis prides itself on this. This is likely department specific but in my department the gender inequality was rampant amongst lab heads and upper management. Overall, the departmental culture was toxic, which ultimately led to high attrition and lack of talent retention.

Novartis Response

4y

Thank you for your comment. We are sorry to hear of your experience and take all comments of abuse, bullying, discrimination or harassment seriously and as such have passed this information to the Novartis SpeakUp Office (formerly the Business Practices Office (BPO)). We recommend you also contact our SpeakUp Office directly via http://www.speakupnovartis.ethicspoint.com/ if you have any additional information to share. Novartis strives to create a safe and fair environment for all its associates and thank you in advance for sharing any additional information with us.

1.0

May 4, 2021

terrible place to work

Clinical cell processing specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

flexibility, naive and unqualified supervisor and naive and clueless boss

Cons

training takes forever, unfair practices and favoritism towards white coworkers

Novartis Response

5y

Thank you for your comment. We are sorry to hear of your experience and take all comments of abuse, bullying, discrimination or harassment seriously and as such have passed this information to the Novartis SpeakUp Office (formerly the Business Practices Office (BPO)). We recommend you also contact our SpeakUp Office directly via http://www.speakupnovartis.ethicspoint.com/ if you have any additional information to share. Novartis strives to create a safe and fair environment for all its associates and thank you in advance for sharing any additional information with us.

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