Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,050 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 9,050 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
Aug 11, 2019

Unsupportive & Unrewarding

Recommend
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Pros

The company pays very well, and you might have a good experience depending on your team. It also seems to be a good company for finding a work/family balance and many people stick around for decades. The company executives also seem like great people.

Cons

A Novartis experience will be different for everyone because it's a massive company, but I recommend looking elsewhere. Overall, I had a nice team of little fish in our dated office, but I also had spineless and backward-minded (micro) management that was unsupportive and uncommunicative when it mattered.

1.0
Jun 17, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fitness and campus, the pay is decent but below market

Cons

Continuous reoganizations, obsessed by hiring useless folks in India, all competent people leaving

1.0
May 29, 2018

Bad

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Salary and Health Benefits

Cons

Clear sex, gender, age and race discrimination

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Novartis Response
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Thank you for your comment. We are sorry to hear of your experience and take all comments of discrimination seriously and as such have passed this information to the Novartis Business Practices Office (BPO). We recommend you also contact our BPO directly by email at bpo@novartis.com if you have any additional information to share. Novartis strives to create a safe and fair environment for all its associates and thank you in advance for sharing any additional information with us.
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