Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,056 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 9,056 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 26, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Great WLB 2. Amazing Colleagues 3. Great benefits

Cons

1. Constant restructure. People always left with anxiety around job security 2. If you are not in a external facing role (sales, commercial, medical) you will never be valued and can be laid off out of the blue 3. Very flat org structure. So you will always wonder your growth opportunities

3.0
Nov 28, 2024

not a good work life balance

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good place to work, good benefits,

Cons

bad work life balance, salaries are low compared to the amount of work required

4.0
Nov 8, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good & well-known company! Many nationals to work with. Good benefit package.

Cons

Heavy workloads, hard to find a balance between work and personal life! Very much process oriented and time-consuming. Too many changes in the last 2 years and it is still on-going.

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