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
3.0
Oct 25, 2010

Ok place to work

Anonymous employee
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Business Outlook

Pros

- summer Fridays - hours not too grueling

Cons

- P&G haven (without the resources)

3.0
Oct 24, 2010

Very political company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Diverse teams with many employees from different countries coming together to form cross functional teams. Chemistry is always good among these workers.

Cons

It's who you know not what you know that determines when u move up. Be ready to move for promotions.

5.0
Oct 19, 2010

Company review

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- challengible global working environment; - Good career evelopment opportunity; - talent co-workers; - rich compounds and strong pipeline; - efficient management team

Cons

- complicated and out-of -date working reporting system; - lack of standidaziaion of working procedures, trial reporting procedures; - heavy workload

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