Novartis reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,062 total reviews)
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Vas Narasimhan

86% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,062 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
5.0
Jun 26, 2026

Tremendous learning

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Learning is tremendous, projects are challenging

Cons

Promotions are not as fast as other pharma orgs

4.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to work, excellent work life balance. Very employee friendly, decent paced to ensure all needs (from Employee perspective) are met.

Cons

Frequent re-orgs Lots of bootlicking required for higher management Very less senior roles and always in ambiguity for future stability

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