Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,042 total reviews)
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Vas Narasimhan

86% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,042 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 Pharmaceutique et biotechnologie industry (3.7 stars).

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9K reviews
4.0
Apr 5, 2026

Work life balance

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Top quality work life balance for most of the data based employees

Cons

No cons at all. Too perfect wlb

3.0
Apr 4, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

As a company, great culture, empathetic and have strong care for patients

Cons

Strongly political. Also felt racially biased. Most leaders were playing politics to strengthen their position and serving their favorites

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