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      Isolation in industry but with big picture - Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow Novartis Employee Review

      4.0
      May 20, 2010
      Presidential postdoctoral fellow
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The resources behind the postdoc project make it attractive to do a postdoc at Novartis. In addition, the scale of experiments is large. Instead of thinking about a single protein family member, we are authorized to go after the entire family.

      Cons

      The biggest down side to being a postdoc in industry - at least at Novartis - is feeling isolated. The postdocs do not work on pipeline projects, which is good so that our work can be published, but every one around is working on a pipeline project, with tangential relationship to the postdoc project. Most labs only have 1 postdoc, so it is easy to feel isolated.

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      5.0
      May 16, 2026
      Intern
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      people are friendly and easy to work with

      Cons

      daily commute takes longer than expected

      2.0
      May 25, 2026
      Qc microbiology technician
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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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