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      Novartis

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      Novartis reviews

      4.0

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (9,055 total reviews)
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      Vas Narasimhan

      86% approve of CEO

      69% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,055 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
      4.0
      Mar 1, 2013

      Excellent talent management program

      Head of marketing
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      International assignments, divisional and geographical rotations. Short tenures of 2-3 years. Very flexible. Your stock options can move with you, unlike most other schemes.

      Cons

      Very beaurocratic. Very PowerPoint decision driven.

      3.0
      Mar 1, 2013

      Always moved the end goal.

      Senior sales consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good products good managed care coverage. Some good managers, but let most of them go

      Cons

      Many down sizes, changed the numbers to make them look how they wanted or even changed goals midstream. Numbers were never accurate. Evaluations were based on crap numbers. Did not keep apples with apples, and compared people who did not promote the same things.

      4.0
      Feb 27, 2013

      Excellent Company

      Associate director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great people, excellent benefits, generous paid time off, closed the week of Christmas, excellent opportunities to advance career, tuition reimbursement. I was downsized, but the severance package was extremely generous and sympathetic. I worked there for almost 20 years and had several positions of increasing responsibility, visibility and compensation. When they eliminaed my department I was sad to leave the company, but it was, objectively, a sound business decision. I would work for them again in a heartbeat.

      Cons

      High expectations and there a a LOT of processes. "Do more with less" culture. All global sites are truly run by Switzerland. I really have nothing bad to say about this company.

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