Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,041 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 9,041 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
1.0
Feb 10, 2017

Hostile envinroment

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Pros

Benefits might be considered good, but also might be comparable with other companies of the same rank.

Cons

Very hostile work envinroment, unfair treatment of emploees, discrimination. Endes working hours and harrasment Management outlooks solely to their own survival, nothing else is of a concern for the management. No training, no support.

2.0
Mar 25, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Salary and benefits are excellent The people you work with in Dublin are some of the nicest you'll ever met Good work/life balance if you are efficient and smart about how you worth Company demand the highest quality work and everyone you work with is onboard with that

Cons

Company is forcing everyone to return to office 3 days per week minimum despite all KPIs increasing under the previous fully remote working policy. Senior Leadership at CEO level and one level below have been gaslighting staff as to why remote working choice was removed Recently laid off over 300 people in Dublin as part of a global savings effort that was extremely poorly managed Promotions have been on hold for two years and when they do happen, they are more to do with whether a more senior role is available, than how long you have been ready for that role Senior Leadership have indicated they are finished listening to staff, are ignoring concerns, refusing to answer questions honestly and generally forcing changes through, brutally and without compassion. Culture has completely changed compared to two years ago and this is effecting the entire company. It feels like empathy and compassion are no longer there.

1.0
Dec 11, 2018

Morris Plains is a mess

Anonymous employee
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Pros

* Was given much room to grow and develop * Able to learn a lot * Good Benefits * Really good people

Cons

* No work-life balance - worked through holidays, weekends, etc which is fine if you're compensated appropriately. No one wants to non stop work crazy hours without breaks or time off. There is no recognition of people who literally kill themselves for this site, and it's not worth it. Everything is non stop urgent, and none of the systemic issues are fixed. * Management needs to be fixed. There are a lot of people there that don't know what they're doing and it's across multiple groups, and it affects the motivation of everyone. * Look at the turnover of longer working employees, most are leaving because the environment was literally killing us. People who actually do work there get abused, and people who don't do anything just coast there forever. * People who are harassing others are just left there forever, and HR/BPO doesn't adequately address the issues. * They get away with paying under market value and then all of a sudden you get a ~compensation adjustment.~ * Morris Plains is not sustainable right now

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Novartis Response
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Thank you for your comment. We are sorry to hear of your experience and take all comments of abuse, bullying or harassment seriously and as such have passed this information to the Novartis Business Practices Office (BPO). We recommend you also contact our BPO directly by email at bpo@novartis.com if you have any additional information to share. Novartis strives to create a safe and fair environment for all its associates and thank you in advance for sharing any additional information with us.
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