Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,052 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 9,052 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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1.0
Apr 6, 2017

senior leader

Recommend
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Pros

gorgeous campus and art, at times smart colleagues,

Cons

extremely bureaucratic, at times fairly incompetent colleagues, senior management totally lost, short term vision, people in commercial acting in a completely hectic fashion mostly to hide they do quite little, and these days NO budget at all, even at global level. the company is paralyzed these days (no travel, no conference, no externals, no new vendors...)

1.0
Jan 26, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Super-slow company. Salary comes on time. Air travel for every meeting( even for a one hour meeting, people fly off to HQ). No process so people who like working in a haphazard environment will love this. Overall culture is very similar to a PSU actually so if you want to experience how a laggard govt. organisation works, this is the best place to do so.

Cons

Highly bureaucratic...Sir/Madam culture. PLT first, Patient Second, Employee third. Far from anything you could see in a MNC company. Indian proprietor driven cos. are far more professional than this organisation. Things here change overnight and People are asked to leave without any reason. Highly unethical co. also- the statements and commitment of senior management keeps on changing. Fraudulent TA team-beware of this! There is a special drive going on currently to hire top B-School grads as the other old chaps are completely useless and its impossible to get any work done from them. Don't let the TA head trick you to join this co.. He is the biggest liar of all and the things they commit to you during the interview phase are never delivered later on. Lack of transparency is paramount here. Would not recommend this co. even to an enemy!

1.0
Sep 25, 2016

Terrible

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great co-workers. Decent benefits.

Cons

The bad news is the stress will ensure that you'll use every bit of your health benefits. Terrible, clueless leadership. The company has been going through a reorganization for 2 years and keeps tripping over itself in the process. They have no regard for employees as human beings. They are simply a commodity and an expense to be reduced at any opportunity. And then management wonders why they can never retain good talent. They have the most "ethics training" requirements I've ever seen, but they are incredibly unethical. People who have been with the company for 30+ years and have sacrificed themselves and time with family for the company are being made to reapply for their own jobs!

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