Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,059 total reviews)
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86% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,059 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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2.0
Jan 12, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits and a good pipeline. They have a work from home policy and flex-time. Free gym and the on-site health care is great.

Cons

No job growth, limited career development. Promises of promotions, and then they don't go through when the time comes. Lack of training or definitive policies. Each team does the same task different ways. Poor management.

2.0
Sep 23, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The comp package is quite good, but expect to work hard to keep it.

Cons

The politics are overwhelming, so be prepared to wade through the mire of red tape. The corporate motto may be "Caring and Curing" but the actuality is "make your numbers or your fired."

3.0
Aug 24, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

I cant really think of any. The best plus I can think of is that I have worked at worse places. Pay is reasonable but falls short of similar jobs in industry such as oil. At my site the budget control was a bit slack so you could hammer the overtime if you did'nt have a life.

Cons

Pay falls short of similar jobs in industry such as oil. Thats why I and many like me have left to go to oil companies over the last few years. They seem to believe that workers will take on more and more work for less pay because they enjoy the sense of doing a good job and pay is'nt that important.

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