Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,048 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 9,048 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
5.0
Dec 10, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Learned a lot about industry while still in a training setting, more flexibility project wise

Cons

Make less money than going right into a full time position, time limit on contract

4.0
Dec 10, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good Pay Generally Good Bonus and other benefits 26 weeks leave for new parents People are mostly friendly

Cons

Bureaucratic and highly political Implementing new ideas can be frustrating Constantly doing reorgs and making redundancies

5.0
Dec 9, 2025

Great!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good culture for scientific inquiry

Cons

Low pay compared to others

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