Excellent Company - Associate Director Novartis Employee Review

4.0
Feb 27, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people, excellent benefits, generous paid time off, closed the week of Christmas, excellent opportunities to advance career, tuition reimbursement. I was downsized, but the severance package was extremely generous and sympathetic. I worked there for almost 20 years and had several positions of increasing responsibility, visibility and compensation. When they eliminaed my department I was sad to leave the company, but it was, objectively, a sound business decision. I would work for them again in a heartbeat.

Cons

High expectations and there a a LOT of processes. "Do more with less" culture. All global sites are truly run by Switzerland. I really have nothing bad to say about this company.

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Pros

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Cons

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