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    Novo Nordisk Reviews

    Updated 19 June, 2018
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    Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen
    114 Ratings

    698 Employee Reviews

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    • "might affect work/life balance depending on your overseas partner" (in 40 reviews)

    • "becoming big pharma with some of the negatives of periodic restructuring layoffs" (in 23 reviews)

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    1. "Senior Product Manager"

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

      I worked at Novo Nordisk full-time

      Pros

      Innovative products , great talent and atmosphere

      Cons

      Very conservative, sometimes bureacratic company

    2. Helpful (1)

      "Good but not the best"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Novo Nordisk full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      great people to work with

      Cons

      no room to grow , no easy to get any promotion

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    3. Helpful (1)

      "Pretty good"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Novo Nordisk full-time

      Pros

      Flex benefits, flex hours of work, able to work from home

      Cons

      High turn over of staff

    4. "Novo Nordisk"

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

      I worked at Novo Nordisk full-time

      Pros

      Very good company, friendly working environment

      Cons

      Diversity is the focus and still need to improve

    5. "Very Political"

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      Current Employee - Marketing Manager in Mississauga, ON
      Current Employee - Marketing Manager in Mississauga, ON
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Good work life balance and benefits. Great company events. New office in the Oct 2017 promises to have cafe and gym onsite.

      Cons

      Company policies vary by manager. Lots of micromanagement stemming from a very political environment. Managers are able and do hold back great employees from moving to advanced roles they are offered to keep competent employees helping them shine rather than letting them grow and develop elsewhere.

      Advice to Management

      Managers should not have an option to hold employees back from internal moves (it just makes them move externally). Company policies need to be clear and applied equally.

    6. "Good place to work in"

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

      I worked at Novo Nordisk (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Competitive salary and working environment
      Nice colleagues
      Professional colleagues to work with

      Cons

      Poor cross functional collaboration
      Decreasing market share
      Less active to market and economic change

    7. "Best company"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      best place to work, work life balance

      Cons

      less pay, takes time to implement a small change

    8. "train your managers"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      good training, products, reputation, salary and benefits

      Cons

      management is a joke
      HR and Management = bullies

      Advice to Management

      open your eyes: talk and listen to ALL your employees
      train your district sales managers.

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Personal Bias plays a big role in advancement"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Doesn't Recommend

      Pros

      decent pay, few employees are very nice.

      Cons

      It is really sad to see that if one is liked by management, the perks are endless!! and if you are not, then you are treated as a nobody and they do not hide that! Too much politics.

    10. Helpful (1)

      "Company that does great work, but watch your back"

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

      I worked at Novo Nordisk full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Salary & perks are great
      Company does meaningful work for society

      Cons

      Hyper-competitive
      ultra-political
      poor leadership
      the salaries and benefits don't make up for the lack of compassion and caring of their employees

      Advice to Management

      Start caring about your employees, their development and well-being
      train your managers

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