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 982 reviews)); "Great Culture Awesome long lasting connections Learned lots while I was there having no Pharma background" ((in 795 reviews)); "Good benefits and you get to work with very talented and intelligent individuals." ((in 723 reviews)); "great people (managed not so well) and it was used to be much more scientific." ((in 435 reviews)); "Good Salary and Bonus." ((in 382 reviews))

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

"poor management and handling of issues raised" ((in 258 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)); "Lack of growth opportunities in the US offices / constant layoffs over past decade have been exhausting and frustrating." ((in 87 reviews)); "Growth opportunity is limited and depends on your team" ((in 69 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

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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9K reviews

4.0

Jun 20, 2010

Good benefits but expect to pay your dues for a long time before moving up

Clinical manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Large company with numerous projects will keep you constantly busy but with reasonable timelines owing to good planning in advance. Most people are decent and qualified with very few outliers. Excellent training and reasonable growth opportunities. I did not encounter any of the discriminatory behaviours that have been described in the media lately.

Cons

Size can be a disadvantage when trying to make an impression and move up. There are many others at your position and it is difficult to stand out. It is especially so for Clinical Managers (CM) who have 3 levels to go through (CM; Senior CM; Expert CM) before they can really start moving up. If you want a stable company with decent benefits, that's a great place to be. If you are looking for a quick move up, not so.

3.0

Jun 8, 2010

Great Company, but the Pharmaceutical Industry is declining...

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company does great things for people - the company helps people live longer, healthier lives. The employees are professional, well-educated, and are competent.

Cons

The leadership listens to consultants too frequently - the consultants want to sell an "idea" that may or may not be feasible. The leaders need their own "fresh" ideas to sell up the chain of command, and so they buy into many of the worthless "ideas" of consultants and believe that young, inexperienced consultants actually have better "ideas" than proven, dedicated employees. The leaders need to wake up and FIRE all consultants, and FORMER consultants that are now employees. All of the consultants lack the dedication and operational expertise to actually take an "idea" and execute. The consultants have repeatedly sold leaders "ideas" that are quickly reversed by the new leaders of the organization who need to have thier own new, "fresh ideas". For example, reorganizing the company - how many times are we going to de-centralize, then centralize, then de-centralize again?

4.0

Jun 8, 2010

Great place for science, most of the time

Scientific associate ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great budget so you can do the research without worrying too much about costs, relatively academic feel and there is always the option to do side projects as long as it doesn't interfere with your main work, good compensation

Cons

Contract work can be frustrating as you never really know what's going to come of it, large company which tends to cause problems related to bureaucratic functions

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