Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,038 total reviews)
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Vas Narasimhan

86% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,038 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Novartis employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.7 stars).

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9K reviews
2.0
Oct 25, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Hybrid working model, good location

Cons

Constant organizational restructures without notice (twice in 2025), resulting in toxic company culture; Routine layoffs target early career talent and new hires (senior management lacks accountability); "Permanent" positions eliminated almost immediately after start date; Lack of POC diversity; Excessive global bureaucracy interferes with local decision-making

3.0
Oct 26, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. Great WLB 2. Amazing Colleagues 3. Great benefits

Cons

1. Constant restructure. People always left with anxiety around job security 2. If you are not in a external facing role (sales, commercial, medical) you will never be valued and can be laid off out of the blue 3. Very flat org structure. So you will always wonder your growth opportunities

1.0
Apr 4, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

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Cons

Incessantly restructuring without evaluating impact on business continuity... personally affected by 5 restructurings in the last 12 months. Processes are outdated, redundant, conflicting or lost - very challenging to get anything done. Poorly trained leaders promoted based only on sales performance. Culture values appearances above all - a gorgeous new downtown office where the wifi doesn't work and there are 8 call rooms for several hundred people. Salary below industry standard. Negligible opportunities for professional development. Toxic work culture. Medical is considered a support function and increasingly excluded from strategic discussions.

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