Culture of bullying, incivility, and harassment - Director Novartis Employee Review

1.0
14 Dec 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Salary 401k Pension Healthcare benefits

Cons

Many leaders in ED or higher roles are just in it for themselves. I have personally experienced bullying, incivility, and yelling between leaders in meetings. I have had leaders treat me and people in our meetings as children, reprimanding them, embarrassing them. And I, along with others, have filed formal complaints about this behavior and it seems the only response that has been given is - we'll coach the offender. It also feels like the organization makes things much easier for men. There are very few women in leadership roles and the caliber of women in LT feels much higher than any of the men. I know of several EDs who lack the experience to head their technical departments, yet they were hired - with no one else being interviewed. The most recent re-org was intending to correct many of these culture issues but little was done to put leaders in place who are empathetic, supportive, and lead to develop their teams. Unless you're getting a life-changing amount of money and you're planning on staying here only 12-18 my months - DON'T JOIN THIS ORGANIZATION

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