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
3.0
Jan 10, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company mission, pay, benefits, genuinely smart and hardworking colleagues at all levels of the organization.

Cons

Complete mess of an organization in competing priorities, constant internal inefficiency, hard to get things done.

5.0
Jan 8, 2026

Great place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible Continuous market corrections Freedom of work Work life back

Cons

Frequent org changes Some people managers are micro

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