Does Novartis pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Novartis employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Novartis. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Novartis?

80% of Novartis employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Novartis 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Novartis?

Manager (268) , Associate Director (205) , Analyst (198) , Director (185) , Senior Analyst (159) , Intern (144) , Project Manager (139) , Sales Representative (130) , Medical Representative (91) , Business Analyst (90) , Internship (71) , Medical Science Liaison (MSL) (69) , Senior Manager (64) , Scientist (58) , Data Scientist (56)

What are the pros of working at Novartis according to real employee reviews?

"The work life balance is good and a company to look out for in later career" ((in 983 reviews)); "Great Culture Awesome long lasting connections Learned lots while I was there having no Pharma background" ((in 800 reviews)); "Good benefits and you get to work with very talented and intelligent individuals." ((in 705 reviews)); "great people (managed not so well) and it was used to be much more scientific." ((in 434 reviews)); "Good Salary and Bonus." ((in 374 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Novartis according to real employee reviews?

"poor management and handling of issues raised" ((in 259 reviews)); "If we are in good managers team... It's the best place to work... Else it's a hell...." ((in 138 reviews)); "Poor leadership that is distant from ground reality due to prolonged TfG/restructuring and it's hangover." ((in 110 reviews)); "Frequent reorganizations and layoffs create uncertainty." ((in 89 reviews)); "Growth opportunity is limited and depends on your team" ((in 70 reviews))

What are employees saying about Novartis layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Novartis layoffs and their outlook for job security at Novartis in 2026.

What Novartis locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Paris , Rueil-Malmaison , Huningue , Les Ulis

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Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,041 total reviews)

Vas Narasimhan

86% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture & values

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

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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Reviews by job title

9K reviews

5.0

Jan 20, 2011

My experience with Novartis was excellent, I enjoyed the people and the travel.

Sales consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Pipeline, good people, highly respected company, very ethical, Huge Company, nice perks, treated their employees well while in meetings.

Cons

You are still just a number, goals change about every 6 months, not many women in upper managment. Access continues to be challenging even when you had the best products to sell.

1.0

Jan 19, 2011

Rigid place to work - if you have any autonomy in your soul, avoid all costs.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you love pharmaceuticals, and you love precision and not communicating with others, you'll be happy here.

Cons

No real community effort here. It's cubicle heaven.

1.0

Jan 17, 2011

Was better when it was Chiron

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Excellent location (heart of Biotech Bay) within a not-so-urban-yet-not-so-industrial setting. -Employees show great team-work efforts in their respective departments as well as do their best to be accommodating to their respective customers. -Depending on who your manager is...they MIGHT listen to you.

Cons

-Depending on who your manager is...they MIGHT not care about the following: you, your need for professional growth, your opinions, your diligent efforts to improve, and if you've made errors will make it a point to overshadow the positives with the negatives. -Micromanagement is not a style--it's a way of life. -If you're looking for sympathy you're barking up the wrong tree. -Hiring temps (contractors) and constantly renewing their contracts without even so much as notifying them as to when their contract is actually up or whether or not that temp even WANTS to renew their contract

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