Good company; not as good as it once was. - Anonymous employee Novartis Employee Review

4.0
Aug 21, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Nice campus on East Hanover with gyms, cafe, restaurant, cafeterias, store - Good benefits with wfh flexibility - Looks good on a resume as one of the largest pharma - at certain times in certain roles, regular business class travel to Switzerland and Europe - large company so possible to move within company (especially laterally) if you're patient - former colleagues still at the company speak favorably of CEO (Vas Narasimhan)

Cons

- fairly political working environment; not 'toxic' but coolly indifferent (every person for themselves). - frequent reorganizations causing departmental layoffs and shift to using contractors and 'in-sourcing' work to lower cost countries like Ireland and India. - East Hanover campus may shrink over time as less people on campus (wfh)

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