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 1004 reviews)); "Really striving to have a good culture and to have an open mindset" ((in 801 reviews)); "Good benefits and you get to work with very talented and intelligent individuals." ((in 730 reviews)); "great people (managed not so well) and it was used to be much more scientific." ((in 438 reviews)); "Salary is good but not all" ((in 369 reviews))

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

"If we are in good managers team... It's the best place to work... Else it's a hell...." ((in 137 reviews)); "Poor leadership that is distant from ground reality due to prolonged TfG/restructuring and it's hangover." ((in 113 reviews)); "Limited growth opportunities; too many levels of approvals to get things done" ((in 63 reviews)); "communicative middle and upper management that displays hubris." ((in 44 reviews)); "Too much bureaucracy and politics" ((in 42 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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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

4.0

Aug 6, 2010

Fusion of Swiss and US cultures

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Novartis is a stable company, which, thanks to its heavy Swiss influence, is not prone to making sudden decisions one way or another. This means that rapid changes in direction are rare. The senior management have made a number of good strategic decisions over the years: e.g. expanding generics, properly funding pipeline development, not buying companies for the sake of it (yes, that's you I'm talking to, Pfizer and Sanofi). Flexible working is strongly encouraged.

Cons

Stock performance isn't the best: the company seems to be penalized for any negative news, but never rewarded for positive news.

5.0

Aug 2, 2010

Great company to work for

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The diversity of people at Novartis is just amazing

Cons

Like many other huge corporations there is a lot of bureaucracy

3.0

Jul 23, 2010

Innovation

Clinical data manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

innovation, family life, balance of work and home in addition to having the ability to learn about other opporunities of ascent

Cons

difficulties by multiple matrix components to cohesively dictate and rank the separation between the other facilities work load function of promotion

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