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 Farmacéutica y biotecnología industry (3.7 stars).

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9K reviews
1.0
Jun 15, 2023

high pay, impossible environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

money is higher than most

Cons

everything is bad. Feels like a shark tank and burnout is common across all departments

4.0
May 29, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Big company, good benefits, free on-site gym, good people, several employees with long history with the company which helps new employees with navigating complex procedures.

Cons

People are usually not help accountable for poor performance. Early phase operates NIBR (at least while I was working there) late phase is under GDD, both operate as separate operating companies, and act as if they are rivals/ competitors, and this hurts employees because it makes it difficult for them to transition from either NIBR or GDD to the other. Sometimes management would not let you look for a position in other groups.

1.0
May 22, 2023

Run!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, good salary, hybrid work

Cons

The worst management ever, after the bad leadership of the 2018-19 team, it came for a while a change on the hands of a good manager from Germany, soon the Italian joined: the most egocentric, full of lies with no leadership skills at all that I have ever experienced, his new LT group I heard is a joke as well.

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