Is Novartis a good company to work for?

Novartis has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 12,623 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 80% of employees would recommend working at Novartis to a friend and 70% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Novartis have been left by employees working as Associate Analyst , Team Lead and Assistant Manager .

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 improved by 1% over the last 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 (268) , Associate Director (205) , Analyst (198) , Director (185) , Senior Analyst (159) , Intern (144) , Project Manager (139) , Sales Representative (130) , Medical Representative (91) , Business Analyst (90) , Internship (71) , Medical Science Liaison (MSL) (69) , Senior Manager (64) , Scientist (58) , Data Scientist (56)

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 971 reviews)); "Great Culture Awesome long lasting connections Learned lots while I was there having no Pharma background" ((in 808 reviews)); "Good benefits and you get to work with very talented and intelligent individuals." ((in 707 reviews)); "great people (managed not so well) and it was used to be much more scientific." ((in 430 reviews)); "Good Salary and Bonus." ((in 367 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 112 reviews)); "Constant layoffs happening every year" ((in 86 reviews)); "Limited growth opportunities; too many levels of approvals to get things done" ((in 63 reviews)); "Hard working and long hours" ((in 47 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 Novartis locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Bangalore Rural , Navi Mumbai , Calcutta , Bengaluru , Hyderābād , Mumbai , Chennai , Pune , New Delhi

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4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(9,041 total reviews)

Vas Narasimhan

86% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture & values

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Novartis has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 9,041 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

5.0

Jun 17, 2017

Hire excellent workforce from the market and preserve them until eternity

Senior analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good use of technology and processes. Relatively flexible work hours and a scope to learn. Great culture if your manager is of your same community(Bengali). Lot of opportunity/incredible hike just just because of being part of the same community. Good learning for those interested to peruse their career in Politics. Great career for bengalis in US Advanced Analytics.

Cons

The only cons are the hard working people being hired. They have no clue how a bureaucratic company functions. There are so many complains about regional favoritism and those who are complaining have no idea on how to play politics. This is a company built on politics and bureaucracy and if hard working people came here expecting great career then you are sadly mistaken. Funny to see how managers sit around the table discussing how to screw around with employees, especially the ones not from their community.

1.0

Jun 7, 2017

FRAUD Leadership in MES

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing good in this organization

Cons

Surprised how deep rooted the politics play here. The entire leadership in Hyderabad is filled with frauds and lying managers. No growth for associates who don't speak Bengali. Surprised why no one complains to anyone about the injustice these team leads and group heads play against the Bengali. They not only play favouritism but also pull down other associates. Disgusting environment.

1.0

May 10, 2020

Big name, no values

Manager integrated insights

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good company to work with if you land with right set of people

Cons

No ethics, Novartis policies says no compromise on values and behavior yet they hire people who were expelled from previous organization due to sexual harassment charges. Due to excessive favoritism people with tainted records are also hired in an accelerated process. Will not give promotions to deserving people due to politics while will hire people from outside having half the average experience of inside associates

Novartis Response

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Thank you for your comment. We are sorry to hear of your experience and take all comments of abuse, bullying, discrimination or harassment seriously and as such have passed this information to the Novartis SpeakUp Office (formerly the Business Practices Office (BPO)). We recommend you also contact our SpeakUp Office directly via http://www.speakupnovartis.ethicspoint.com/ if you have any additional information to share. Novartis strives to create a safe and fair environment for all its associates and thank you in advance for sharing any additional information with us.

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