Great top level management but not so great local department level management - Scientific Writer Novartis Employee Review

3.0
Jan 6, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Employee friendly Great policies and flexibility Strong ethics and V&Bs that make it a safe place to work Vas and team's vision and values are amazing and can vouch for it anytime

Cons

Very slow career growth and worst pay scale if you stay for a longer period Everyone hears your pay scale and market correction concerns and none acts upon Yearly hikes are pretty low, promotions also don't really scale you up Department level leadership is the worst, needs an immediate change - lot of internal politics, favoritism and hard work is not really paid off but favoritism and biasness does. Current rate of attrition speaks for it and should be a huge red flag to change the leadership team handling the department. Majority of the attrition is contributed by those who stayed with the company for more than 4-5 years at the least Lot of work pressure, work life imbalance

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5.0
Apr 17, 2026
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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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