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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2.0
May 2, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

pride in company products and goals good benefits 6% match on 401(k) up to $1K given for dependent care beautiful campus

Cons

- Raise/review are decided on before feedback is given. It is done on a curve, with 10% of the population forced into receiving no raise and lower bonus. HR will not confirm/deny this, of course. - Typically worked more than 40 hours a week, received no overtime pay or additional time off, even though they say flextime is one of their benefits. -No work/life benefits realized. It's offered on paper only. People in R&D work well over 60 hours a week for up to a 3% raise, if you're one of the lucky 10% in the top tier. Like I said, the raise thing is based on a curve. So, for an extra 3% in your pay, you have to put in an extra 10 hours a week, give up your vacation time, and hope that management likes you. -Management is incompetent, stays behind a desk, doesn't know the work people under him do (since it's a flatter organization), and doesn't listen to the advice of others. It takes years for a manager to be kicked out of management and put into a different role. (you'd figure they would fire him instead.) -People aren't valued, even though they list that as one the company values.

2.0
Apr 26, 2011

Better luck next time

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There is a lot of support for the field. The company is the leader in hypertention and you carry the best drugs in the market.

Cons

Time and time again you hear if you do the right things and you make your number, you will get a chance to move up the line. It NEVER happens.

3.0
Apr 25, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The environment at Novartis is good. Most employees are friendly and easy to work with. Most employees in higher positions were very approachable.

Cons

Mostly contractors doing the work with very few opportunities to advance. There are a few members in the department who are very manipulative and it is very hard to work with management to resolve some of the major issues.

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