Unbelievably successful despite itself - Program Director Novartis Employee Review

2.0
26 Dec 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Huge corporation, many job opportunities Many good people Basel campus now a great place to work Basel a great place to live

Cons

The most political organization I have ever worked for Little evidence of people leadership competency in senior / middle management. Strategy by favoritism rather than common sense

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2.0
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Pros

Pays pretty well in comparison to similar jobs in the market

Cons

Unstable schedule where you are often asked to come in overnight (1-2 am) regardless of if you have worked the previous day or are off. Basically feels like you're permanently on-call to conduct environmental monitoring. Training is slow. The Micro dept in general is currently understaffed. The job also involves lab work once you are done with your daily environmental monitoring tasks. The work never ceases and the Technicians as a whole has several responsibilities. Promotions seem to come very slowly here.

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