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

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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

3.0

Jan 23, 2009

It's a stepping stone

Territory manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Novartis offers a reasonable starting salary and recruits a lot of recents college graduates. The company offers relatively good product and sales training including quarterly or bi-annual national meetings. Training can vary by manager. The company offers a quality product line to represent.

Cons

Some Regional managers a inexperienced and relatively clueless.

2.0

Jan 16, 2009

Novartis--Where HR Runs the Company

Sales manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits were excellent, pay was fair for position, great people that were peers, not too much day to day stress.

Cons

Constant change, HR runs the company, too many regulations, no autonomy.

1.0

Jan 15, 2009

Not a good place to build a career.

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good people who are supportive locally. Benefits good.

Cons

Too many to list. Mostly exploitative and discounting. Turnover rate is extremely high even at upper management levels. The contractor to employee ration is 10 to 1, yet company projects the image in communications and advertisements as caring about the employees which is false. Contractors are employeed to make it easy to end projects without any explanations. Recent layoff of employee and then replacing with contractors who are incompetent. Housing employees in areas where OSHA is violate and providing substandard levels of housing for employees, yet providing the latest in technological toys to upper management. And the beat goes on!!!!

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