Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,041 total reviews)
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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
4.0
May 11, 2011

Great until the unexpected layoff

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great compenstaion and management would enable you to run your own business, so they said. Company had great benefits and helped people who wanted to advance.

Cons

You never knew what was going on in the corporate mindset. Field associates were always the last to know. Was laid off 1 month after CEO publicly said there were no findings of layoffs in the future. WOW-

2.0
May 9, 2011

Tough Environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good compensation; good benefits compared to other companies in Basel: lots of work but can learn a lot; worldwide opportunities.

Cons

Very beaucratic; poor in training people; difficult career advancement unless personal network is strong; too much work; too political - difficult to move up.

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