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    Novartis Reviews

    Updated 19 July, 2018
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    Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan
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    • "Family / Work life balance does not exist quite yet" (in 106 reviews)

    • "No work/life-balance, extremely political; career opportunities reserved for people from UK and USA" (in 20 reviews)

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    1. "Marketing Student"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Very great company with wonderful people.

      Cons

      People are very busy and sometimes don't have any time

    2. "Sales"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Novartis full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Great people to work with! Great culture. Promotes innovation, and middle management is great!
      Pay is good

      Cons

      restructures every year
      Executive team, overpromises and under-delivers
      very process driven- gets in the way of getting things done
      Benefits could be better-everyone has the same benefits- no flexibility.

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    3. "Great culture"

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      Current Employee - Pharmaceutical Sales Representative in Montreal, QC
      Current Employee - Pharmaceutical Sales Representative in Montreal, QC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Novartis full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great company culture and team spirit

      Cons

      No cons, great top pharmaceutical company

      Advice to Management

      Great management, continue your work

    4. "Marketing - Project Manager"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Dorval, QC
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Dorval, QC
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Novartis part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Great place for apprenticeship, for a student, into the pharmaceutical industry. Great variety of functions and the people are so helpful and always willing to take their time to explain and mentor.

      Cons

      No clear career development

    5. "Internship"

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      Former Employee - Internship in Dorval, QC
      Former Employee - Internship in Dorval, QC

      I worked at Novartis part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Fast paced learning environment, good people to work with

      Cons

      Lack of personnel and quick deadlines lead to a stressful environment

    6. "Senior market access manager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Novartis full-time

      Pros

      Work life balance, flexible in terms of location and work time.

      Cons

      Compensation is not very competitive

    7. "MSL"

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      Current Employee - MSL
      Current Employee - MSL

      Pros

      professional organization with good products to work with

      Cons

      cuts of different positions happen

    8. "Senior Analyst"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Novartis full-time

      Pros

      Good Benefits, with Pay and Bonuses

      Cons

      Work-Life balance needs to be taken care of

      Advice to Management

      Try to get the performers in the higher band of pay

    9. "Great international company"

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      Current Employee - Head FP&A
      Current Employee - Head FP&A
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Novartis full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      International career, good network and many opportunities to grow. Good work life balance.

      Cons

      Salary aiming for average when requesting top performers
      Corporate heavy

      Advice to Management

      Be more agile and flexible with less bureaucracy. If an information does not lead to any business decision then do not ask for it!

    10. "commercial business analyst"

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      Former Employee - Commercial Business Analyst in Montreal, QC
      Former Employee - Commercial Business Analyst in Montreal, QC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Novartis full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      I had a very flexible schedule, it was very easy for a parent with 2 children.

      Cons

      working as a commercial business analyst was very stressful

      Advice to Management

      management was great, keep the great communication between management and employees

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