Awful - Human Resources Expert Novartis Employee Review

2.0
Jan 6, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The pros in this company are that no matter how much of an idiot you'll be, you still have real chances of getting promoted. The fact is, the more idiot you are, the better the chances. It's really a work envinronment where you can easily get away pretenting to work but doing much.

Cons

- no clear structure and definition of responsibilities - communication and collaboration don't exist at all - people getting promoved over the night and put in leading positions without having the necessary experience or skills - everybody thinks they are more important than the rest - they like to invest a lot of money in things that don't really make any sense - no really chances or a personnel development since there is nobody there capable of guiding you or helping you puttin together a proper development plan for yourself

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Cons

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2.0
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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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