Like a chicken with its head cut off - Medical Advisor Novartis Employee Review

1.0
4 Apr 2024
Recommend
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Pros

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Cons

Incessantly restructuring without evaluating impact on business continuity... personally affected by 5 restructurings in the last 12 months. Processes are outdated, redundant, conflicting or lost - very challenging to get anything done. Poorly trained leaders promoted based only on sales performance. Culture values appearances above all - a gorgeous new downtown office where the wifi doesn't work and there are 8 call rooms for several hundred people. Salary below industry standard. Negligible opportunities for professional development. Toxic work culture. Medical is considered a support function and increasingly excluded from strategic discussions.

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Pros

people are friendly and easy to work with

Cons

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2.0
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Recommend
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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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