Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,052 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 9,052 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
1.0
Sep 24, 2025

Micromenagemt

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary and benefits/ vacations

Cons

Micromanagement Allowing authoritarian leadership style

4.0
Sep 24, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Global, collaborative environment. Flexibility in opportunity types and lots of room to grow for a junior operations lead.

Cons

Considerable amount of favoritism. Though I personally benefitted from this, it can be a bottleneck for others.

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