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    3.8
    74%
    Recommend to a Friend
    89%
    Approve of CEO
    Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan
    Vas Narasimhan
    445 Ratings
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    1. Featured Review
      Helpful (2)

      "Loved my job at Novartis"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Communications Manager in Basel
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Novartis full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Incredibly smart and talented colleagues, interesting projects, lots of opportunities

      Cons

      None, I loved my job there

      Novartis2019-01-21

    2. "Statistician"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Current Employee - Statistician 

      I have been working at Novartis full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Professional environment and friend boss

      Cons

      Long Working Hours Professional environment and friend boss

      Novartis2019-09-21
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    3. "Great company to work with."

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Current Employee - Clinical Data Manager in Mississauga, ON

      I have been working at Novartis full-time for more than 10 years

      Pros

      Provide best work life balance

      Cons

      Employee Engagement to be improved.

      Novartis2019-11-13

    4. "Great Products - What to do with them?"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Sales Associate 

      I have been working at Novartis full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      The People and the Pipeline

      Cons

      Micromanaging and Metrics-Driven culture is rampant

      Novartis2019-11-07

    5. "Good Company but has aggressive changes in plans almost every year"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Senior Medical Representative 
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Novartis full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Good compensations and good medications

      Cons

      Acquisitions are too much and all ended by laying off 100% of acquired companies staff

      Advice to Management

      Care about employees in a genuine way not by surveys and talks- more practical and less bureaucracy

      Novartis2019-09-23

    6. "Employee lifestyle"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Former Employee - Production Manager 

      I worked at Novartis full-time

      Pros

      Friendly environment and good management

      Cons

      For some departments working hours are long.

      Novartis2019-09-20

    7. "good company to work"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Product Manager 
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Novartis full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      International reach, people is well prepared

      Cons

      New positions are filled without clear criteria

      Novartis2019-10-03

    8. "Review"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Advisor 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Novartis full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      Great environment..very professional structure...good salary

      Cons

      Supervisor was a bit rough, but that was only for my department

      Novartis2019-09-20

    9. "Manufacturing"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Novartis full-time

      Pros

      Great people to work with

      Cons

      Awful management. Bullying from top levels

      Novartis2019-07-30

    10. "Strong pipeline and evolving culture in Oncology"

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      Current Employee - Reimbursemant Strategy Lead in Montreal, QC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Novartis full-time for more than 8 years

      Pros

      Strong investment at most senior leadership in improving culture and overall competitiveness

      Cons

      Big ship to move with high aspirations for cultural transformation. So far so good though

      Advice to Management

      Keep walking the talk

      Novartis2019-04-18
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