Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,049 total reviews)
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Vas Narasimhan

86% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,049 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
Nov 9, 2025

Big pharma

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A good work contract package

Cons

A lot of tedious company politics

5.0
Nov 8, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good people, community, and science being done here

Cons

Very slow to promote, work life balance not the best

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