Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,056 total reviews)
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Vas Narasimhan

86% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,056 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
3.0
Jun 16, 2015

Management

Recommend
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Pros

Smart people who wanted to do what's right Open door policy with executives Interesting work

Cons

Lack of integrity in the senior management Communication one way - down; very little up More surface then substance Process deficiencies that were viewed as a people deficiencies

3.0
Apr 10, 2015

good company to start a career

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good company, good pipeline of projects, some perks on weekdays

Cons

difficult to gain professional growth. limited staff, you have to do a lot more work than what is expected because a lot of the good workers were let go or quit and company does not rehire. this equals to a lot of stress . limited professional growth potential

1.0
Feb 26, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Salary, good bonus, but learned a lot about how to not lead a team.

Cons

Very flat organization, political quagmire which forstered infighting, back-stabbing work environment. Unrealistic expectations, ambulances arrived frequently to pick up employees sufferering from range of anxiety and cardio issues.

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