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      Novartis

      Engaged Employer

      Novartis reviews

      4.0

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (9,048 total reviews)
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      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 9,048 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
      Mar 21, 2026

      Solid company

      Marketing communications manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Emphasis on skills and learning. Opportunities to develop. Decent pay and conditions

      Cons

      Frequent restructuring and cost relocation to cheaper countries is a hazard depending the on area of expertise

      2.0
      Mar 19, 2026

      Talented organization, but unsustainable expectations and leadership gaps

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Smart, dedicated colleagues - Competitive compensation and benefits - Purpose-driven work with meaningful impact

      Cons

      - Ineffective leadership that was not meaningfully addressed - Unrealistic expectations treated as business as usual - Constant urgency driven by poor prioritization and planning - Little regard for sustainable work-life balance - High-pressure environment that leads to burnout

      3.0
      Mar 19, 2026

      Cloudy with a chance of rain

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. Dedicated and tireless individual contributors, 2. Exciting development projects, 3. Opportunities for inspiring and challenging work that may benefit patients

      Cons

      1. Significant loss of talent due to restructuring and off-shoring to cheaper locales, 2. Over-zealous interest of senior leadership in AI (structurally not capable of (nor built to) contextualize output), 3. Leadership approach to controlling for patent cliff is "leaning" organization to a perilously close inability to function and pinching its workforce to stabilize the stock price.

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