Good company , great pipeline , poisonous environment - Anonymous employee Novartis Employee Review

2.0
18 Mar 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great pipeline Highly profitable Good benefits , good salaries Work life balance Truly global if you desire Great top senior management

Cons

Extremely conservative to the point of being left behind In IT its diabolically bad Jobs for mates without even an interview Middle management block all good ideas Can't even get the basics like infrastructure to work IT middle management are administrators - zero innovation Don't kid yourself you can make a difference , you can't , change is not encouraged , toe the line is the company policy. As long as you agree with your boss you will be fine , do as you are told , nod your head in agreement and you will be promoted to your level of incompetence.

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