Overvalued pharma company: bureaucratic, risk adverse, and old-fashioned - Anonymous employee Novartis Employee Review

2.0
Apr 11, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Big corporation with a lot of opportunities worldwide; still many benefits for the employees; great choice if you want to have a very good work-life balance. Very strong research labs (if you are so lucky to get into those)

Cons

Way too much politics involved in any position at Regional/Global/Country management. Nepotism rules. Bureaucratic, risk adverse, and old-fashioned approach in many activities still performed like 20 years ago. Despite what is preached, patients are not at the center of the daily work and the level of employees is not as good as in other competitors.

Explore other reviews about Novartis

5.0
Apr 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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

5.0
Jul 3, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good company and culture in general

Cons

Constant reorganization and lay offs make ppl anxious

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All