Novartis Pharmaceuticals Reviews

Pros

Good salary if one can negotiate well
Learning opportunity if one can find time
Good benefits

Cons

Very Poor management
Far away from reality
Everyone is trying to move upwards by hook or by crook
Too much politics
No respect for skilled professionals
Performance or merit does not matter in promotion, it is more based on Management's liking of a particular person

Pros

- Leading pharma company
- Multinational culture, Basel (headquarter) is like the UN

Cons

- Long working hours
- Lack regional support
- There is no training in your job
- Low salary compare to other industries
- Not good profesional performance

Advice to Senior Management

Depends there are some good managers but others are roude.

Pros

Stylish, European organisation. The company pays attention to detail whether it is science, regulatory, PR or employee satisfaction. Social in an American scale.

Cons

Lack of uniform standards in operation. One has to learn how to interact with individual departments. Supervisors often create stressful microenvironment and associates have little protection but seeking other jobs. Very male heavy management.

Advice to Senior Management

The won't listen. Joe Jimenez is only recently took over leadership and too soon to tell. He may be too American (blunt and profit centric) for a European (more socially committed workplace) company.

Pros

Resourceful for self-developemnt on career

Cons

Silo across divisions and less talent exchange among diviions

Advice to Senior Management

Diversity Mission Seems Not Work for Asian Talent

Pros

Reasonable benefits, pay, flex time and great compounds

Cons

Work load is too much, internal politics and slow personal growth

Pros

Good pay, benefits, resources, reputation.

Cons

Too many chefs sometimes nearly spoiling the soup, then the kitchen staff has to come to the rescue. Our group delivered way above expectations and was promised great things in return and then essentially dismantled with no warning.

Advice to Senior Management

Please think long term. Money market pressure for continuous short term growth is a major underlying factor for the current global economic troubles. Don't give in to it.

Pros

Good benefits and salary. Enjoyed my fellow co-workers.

Cons

No advancement opportunities. Layoffs every year.

Pros

Flexibility. Good Money. Company Car. Driven Sales Force. Great Reputation with Dr. Community, Great Products.

Cons

Micromanagement with "GPS" type computer system for recording calls. Very time consuming expense reports and on going product testing. Disconnect between HQ in NJ and a suffering economy in Detroit in relation to goal setting and realistic metrics.

Advice to Senior Management

Admit that mail order, generics and the sluggish economy has impacted how Dr.'s can wirte RX and adjust goals so more people can make quota.

Pros

Well known name in the industry
Benefits were great
Great people
My management had a strong understanding of the industry and how to attack it.

Cons

The pipe line seemed to be geared only a very saturated hypertension market.
Forced to hit irrelevant metrics that were not always applicable to every territory.

Advice to Senior Management

Pipeline is geared towards a saturated market

Pros

salary, benefits, car- and building relationships.

Cons

Poor leadership and unrealistic goals.

Advice to Senior Management

Shoot for quality not quantity. Not transparent AT ALL.