Does Novartis pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Novartis employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Novartis. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Novartis?

80% of Novartis employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Novartis 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Novartis?

Manager (269) , Associate Director (207) , Analyst (198) , Director (185) , Senior Analyst (160) , Intern (144) , Project Manager (139) , Sales Representative (131) , Medical Representative (92) , Business Analyst (90) , Internship (71) , Medical Science Liaison (MSL) (69) , Senior Manager (64) , Scientist (58) , Data Scientist (57)

What are the pros of working at Novartis according to real employee reviews?

"The work life balance is good and a company to look out for in later career" ((in 966 reviews)); "Really striving to have a good culture and to have an open mindset" ((in 818 reviews)); "Benefits are good and scientists are motivated and talented." ((in 695 reviews)); "great people (managed not so well) and it was used to be much more scientific." ((in 430 reviews)); "Good Salary and Bonus." ((in 397 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Novartis according to real employee reviews?

"If we are in good managers team... It's the best place to work... Else it's a hell...." ((in 135 reviews)); "Poor leadership that is distant from ground reality due to prolonged TfG/restructuring and it's hangover." ((in 117 reviews)); "Limited growth opportunities; too many levels of approvals to get things done" ((in 69 reviews)); "Managers weren't very helpful and upper management was too busy protecting their own jobs." ((in 45 reviews)); "Senior Management busy with initiatives they think are engaging" ((in 34 reviews))

What are employees saying about Novartis layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Novartis layoffs and their outlook for job security at Novartis in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Novartis locations?

Milano , Torre Annunziata , Origgio , Ivrea , Genova , Siena , Napoli , Romano di Lombardia , Latina

Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,063 total reviews)

Vas Narasimhan

86% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

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Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,063 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 Farmaceutico e biotecnologico industry (3.7 stars).

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9K reviews

4.0

Jun 8, 2010

Great place for science, most of the time

Scientific associate ii

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great budget so you can do the research without worrying too much about costs, relatively academic feel and there is always the option to do side projects as long as it doesn't interfere with your main work, good compensation

Cons

Contract work can be frustrating as you never really know what's going to come of it, large company which tends to cause problems related to bureaucratic functions

5.0

Jun 8, 2010

Great place to work.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Family friendly, full of smart people that are competent in what they do. Leadership makes decent decisions for the most part.

Cons

A little bit of a country club culture.

4.0

May 20, 2010

Isolation in industry but with big picture

Presidential postdoctoral fellow

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The resources behind the postdoc project make it attractive to do a postdoc at Novartis. In addition, the scale of experiments is large. Instead of thinking about a single protein family member, we are authorized to go after the entire family.

Cons

The biggest down side to being a postdoc in industry - at least at Novartis - is feeling isolated. The postdocs do not work on pipeline projects, which is good so that our work can be published, but every one around is working on a pipeline project, with tangential relationship to the postdoc project. Most labs only have 1 postdoc, so it is easy to feel isolated.

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