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
4.0
Mar 4, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, almost everyone I work with take pride and ownership of thier role in the company. Great pipeline and vision for the future. Managment is willing to work with individuals on work/life balance (ie flexible work weeks and telecommuting). Regular employee satisfaction surveys with changes that will result from them. Salary is very competitive. Management keeps employee informed of upcoming challenges.

Cons

Promotions are slow and can be political. Merit based promotions are very rare. Performance reviews can be very demotivating as high performers can be lumped in with mediocre performers depending on project visibility in the company.

3.0
Mar 3, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay and company car as well as free meals

Cons

Incompetent managers..no work life balance..

3.0
Mar 1, 2011

ok place to work at

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good compensation but no health insurance

Cons

not a good work environment, no advancement opportunities, always try to hire from outside, too much politics, a lot of waste

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