Novartis Employer Reviews

It's obvious HR and the upper echelons of management wrote the reviews listed below.

The products fail, launches fail because Medicare and private payor coverage is not established, HR And management lie and malign in order to save themselves from lawsuits.

Working in-house is toxic and backstabbing reigns. Field reps' main goal is to fly under the – more...  radar, managers are vitriolic liars.

The only reason to work here is if you are homeless or you want to suffer in order to collect fodder for a lawsuit. – less

The internship program is amazing at Novartis. There are many opportunities to learn about the industry and speak to people that can help support career interests.

This was a field based position with responsbility for calling on physicians, hospital outpatient facilities and pharmacies. Responsibilities included exceeding call metrics, exceeding sales goals and acting as interim manager in the absence of full time manager. I finished several years in the top 10% of my region and have successfully launched two – more...  products into the marketplace. I placed product and disease state expertise at the top of my list and created sophisticated product presentations that resulted in sales sucesses in an increasingly complex sales environment. – less

There have been very few scientist job layoffs since I've worked at this company, especially compared to peers. There is a very good work/life balance however there is little support if you chose to work and go to school.

Good work/life balance. Solid international presence. Rich in international assignments.

Strong performance culture, which is good. Good management and benefits.

Novartis is a great company. Excellent compensation and benefits, and a culture that makes you want to work hard and contribute every day. I worked there from 1999 to 2004 as a Sr. Scientist in Johns Creek, Georgia until the site was shut down and we were nearly all laid off. Despite the bad ending, I was always treated very well and it was great to – more...  work for a company that knew how to say 'Thank You' with money, rather than a little glass memento or something. Upper management failed to come up with a successful new product, which ended my tenure there, but I will remember my 4.5 years there fondly. They did a lot to keep employee morale high and should be remembered and appreciated. – less

Nice place to gain experience in areas of need. Great opportunities to move around organization. Value is placed on those willing to move internationally.

Being sued for a reason, but compensates employees well, and decent benefits.

Marketing was a fun department to work in. We were a great team, It was a real nice place to work.

A fantastic ground to call on a multitude of specialist because of the broad spectrum of products. Never a dull day. Always a continuum of objectives for each and every call. I worked for the hardest manager of my life and he instilled the basis of my success to this day. He and his wife still communicate on a regular basis; even attending my fathers – more...  funeral (2 hr drive). Most of my team didn't appreciate his dedication to the job. – less

Internship
Great Pharmaceutical Experience
Interesting experience but in Lima-PERU currently I moved to Maryland-US

I has been a great company to work for. Working for this company has opened up many opportunities for success.

They have no idea where they are going and wouldn't tell you if they did. You know what you are signing up for when you get into pharma sales. They tell you to run your territory like it is your own company and then throw initiatives at you all day long.

Strong Science, focused management. Fantasic infrastructure.

We want to discover, develop and successfully market innovative products to prevent and cure diseases, to ease suffering and to enhance the quality of life.

We also want to provide a shareholder return that reflects outstanding performance and to adequately reward those who invest ideas and work in our company.

Responsibilities include processing of payments for clinical trials, review of investigator's budget. Manage clinical payment process for patient visit generation. Working together with Contract Managers, CRO Management and the Clinical Trial Leaders to insure proper reporting of charges, analyzing contract terms against invoices. Built extremely strong – more...  partnerships with the Clinical Teams. Resolve investigator issures, problems on a daily basis. – less

Experienced sales professional with a proven success in building new / undeveloped territories. Increases annual business growth and market share, expands sales base, launches new products and retains quality business. Sales success achieved through effective planning and execution of comprehensive territorial development, client management, sales promotion – more...  campaigns, and increasing customer loyalty through increased customer support. – less

Traditionally a strong company and pipeline of products.

The loss of the Aliskiren Cardiovascular line of products could not have been foreseen. It created the downsizing of 2,000 jobs on April 2, 2012.

-calendaring, follow up phone calls, setting up small & large meetings,
processing of invoices
-Word, Excel, PP, PAWS, Ariba, Concur
-how to liaison with all levels in corporate
-researching a contact to solve an issue
-supporting and meeting many unique individuals