Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,044 total reviews)
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Vas Narasimhan

86% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,044 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
3.0
Aug 1, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Novartis knows the pharma business (but pharma can't be just a business)

Cons

products driven and less disease oriented; mktg is still the driver

2.0
Jul 26, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Really benefits and the pay

Cons

huge difference between hourly and salary employee's treatment. There is no training department to follow up with. there is a communication breakdown between employee and senior management. The hours can be long for manufacturing 12 hour shifts.

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