Tough Environment, Little Reward - Executive Director Novartis Employee Review

2.0
Aug 11, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good compensation and benefits; Flexibility in your schedule; Nice work environment from a facilities perspective; Opportunity to work with some really smart people

Cons

Lack of career development and advancement; If you're not part of the "in crowd" you're just passed over for everything; Senior Leadership is inexperienced and only know how to grow through cutting costs, lack maturity to really understand how to run an organization; Support functions are very lean but expected to handle tremendous workloads

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
May 25, 2026
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Pros

Pays pretty well in comparison to similar jobs in the market

Cons

Unstable schedule where you are often asked to come in overnight (1-2 am) regardless of if you have worked the previous day or are off. Basically feels like you're permanently on-call to conduct environmental monitoring. Training is slow. The Micro dept in general is currently understaffed. The job also involves lab work once you are done with your daily environmental monitoring tasks. The work never ceases and the Technicians as a whole has several responsibilities. Promotions seem to come very slowly here.

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