Can be rewarding, but with limitations - Anonymous employee Novartis Employee Review

3.0
12 Oct 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

A lot of intelligent people work at Novartis. There's a definite sense of purpose about the research and you can very successful if you fit in. Base pay is higher than rival companies and benefits are generally good.

Cons

A very siloed mentality compared to other companies. You're expected to do your job, ONLY do that job and know your place. Promotions are rare and often require a change of department/group to happen. Many of the managers tend to micromanage and have a mentality of "do it my way, or else"

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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
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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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