decent place to work but a lot of politics - Anonymous employee Novartis Employee Review

3.0
Apr 30, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

. Good company for starting a career . Little perks like company picnic, lunches, etc

Cons

A lot of departments understaffed, overworked. Management pointing fingers at one another. Low-morale is evident but managers ill-equipped to handle. Difficult to professionally move around another department unless you are in the higher management level or unless you are within the group's "elite or hip crowd". Seems to foster a spirit of fraternization among managers rather than foster inspiration to future leaders. A lot of talented and efficient employees specially in key areas were let go without extensive consultation or planning. Use to be "honor-system" now, time-in/out clocks.

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Cons

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