Not the best big pharma company - Research Scientist II Novartis Employee Review

3.0
Feb 17, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-the people I work directly with are great

Cons

-no one takes responsibility/ many play the blame game and will track mistakes made by other groups -lots of push back from other departments that make my bosses not want to deal with it, so many things fall onto my group -research scientist II position feels more like a tech position - do not feel like I was hired into the correct position -3% raises when inflation has been ~7% for the past few years, they try to justify it as "this is what you would get if you went to another company because there is a committee that discusses salaries" -commute is way too long and commuter benefits don't completely cover the time and money you are spending

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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