2.0
1 Jul 2008
Former employee
Zürich
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Novartis offers very good pay and benefits and there is excellent scope to make international moves inside the company.
Cons
There is a very high turnover of people in middle to senior management roles, with constant restructuring/reorganisation and reinvention of processes. This generates lots of change but without clear direction. Novartis is also very top-down driven, and there is a low level of trust from management and between colleagues. Perceived poor performance is usually quickly followed by a change in personnel, although this is often not done objectively. So if you want to build a long career in Novartis you need to stay nimble and avoid being closely associated with anything that might turn out badly.