If you are over 40....beware - Operations Manager Novartis Employee Review

3.0
3 Oct 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The benefits are great and the work/life balance is generally very good. Pay is usually competitive, especially since the company went to a pay transparency structure. Women are now compensated in alignment with men.

Cons

The company wants to eliminate older folks (read as 40+) and focus on hiring younger candidates. Unfortunately, this has come at the expense of quality and a real talent and knowledge drain.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
25 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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