Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,057 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 9,057 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
3.0
Aug 30, 2012

Laid off from Novartis

Recommend
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Pros

There are still some good people working at Novartis

Cons

Poor pipeline management. They have many products in their pipeline but because of poor management they can't get them passed the FDA.

3.0
May 17, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Relaxed work culture. Chances to learn new things when they implement new products. Easy to get average ratings during appraisal cycle. Senior management understands issues if explained properly. Good allowance limits for hotel booking when travelling on business trips

Cons

When it comes to IT, senior management is too much vendor oriented. They want to outsource as many applications as possible, without even looking at what is good for company and existing Technical employees. International assignment options for someone working in India are too less. Lack of technical exposure for technical IT people. Too much of documentation. Technical work in a project will be only 10% and documentation will be 90%

2.0
May 9, 2011

Tough Environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good compensation; good benefits compared to other companies in Basel: lots of work but can learn a lot; worldwide opportunities.

Cons

Very beaucratic; poor in training people; difficult career advancement unless personal network is strong; too much work; too political - difficult to move up.

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