Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,059 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 9,059 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
2.0
Jul 21, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, pay and very diverse

Cons

Was told that my position would be getting cut 5 month into being hired. Company is getting restructured and are laying off majority of the employees. Upper management only cares about business and profit and want to expand business in the US while trying to cut cost without any explanation to the employees. No questions were being answered during the transformation process while people were told to work at their dead end jobs for “business continuity”. Company is constantly going through restructuring and this has been going on for over 10 years from what the long term employees have said. Lay offs have been happening for many years without any stability or sustainability of the new models. Feels like your walking around with a sword over your head cuz you never know when you’ll be told to go.

1.0
Jun 15, 2023

high pay, impossible environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

money is higher than most

Cons

everything is bad. Feels like a shark tank and burnout is common across all departments

4.0
May 29, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Big company, good benefits, free on-site gym, good people, several employees with long history with the company which helps new employees with navigating complex procedures.

Cons

People are usually not help accountable for poor performance. Early phase operates NIBR (at least while I was working there) late phase is under GDD, both operate as separate operating companies, and act as if they are rivals/ competitors, and this hurts employees because it makes it difficult for them to transition from either NIBR or GDD to the other. Sometimes management would not let you look for a position in other groups.

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