Good culture, interesting work - Anonymous employee Novartis Employee Review

4.0
Dec 8, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Strong scientists, open culture of sharing even amongst top management, pleasant work environment, high-impact projects, nice perks like free bicycle rental

Cons

Pay not great compared to US intern positions, difficult to get a Swiss visa to work at HQ in Basel, fair amount of red tape as in any large company

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Pros

Great leaders of the program, Jess and Raf, they still keep in touch with past interns good envrionemnt, had living provided and cahrlie car got very close with other interns (network for life)

Cons

Training was long and the mentors shoudlve done it too some of the departments are clicky and some mentors suck and skip through the training

2.0
May 25, 2026
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Pros

Pays pretty well in comparison to similar jobs in the market

Cons

Unstable schedule where you are often asked to come in overnight (1-2 am) regardless of if you have worked the previous day or are off. Basically feels like you're permanently on-call to conduct environmental monitoring. Training is slow. The Micro dept in general is currently understaffed. The job also involves lab work once you are done with your daily environmental monitoring tasks. The work never ceases and the Technicians as a whole has several responsibilities. Promotions seem to come very slowly here.

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