Novartis Pharmaceuticals Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Transparency, trainings for career growth & development, compensation."

What don't you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Too many achievers, competition is high in terms of promotion which gives you a slim chance but it's great to work at company with many achievers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Open more supervisory level or managerial positions."

"Novartis was a great place to launch a sales career."

What do you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Many opportunities for professional growth, lots of sales skills training."

What don't you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Too much travel, 70-75%."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take care of the productive employees."

"Great opportunity for future development - the sky's the limit."

What do you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"The communication within the corporation. The opportunity to to run your territory like it's your business."

What don't you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"The limbo of the industry is always in the back of your mind but they do a terrific of planning ahead."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep truckin', doing great!"

"If I had the product to sell I was hired for I still might be there!"

What do you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Not too much!"

What don't you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"No real strong product pipeline with too much duplication of service."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need a clue about the real world."

"Novartis is a good company. The industry is the issue. Times have changed and big pharma has not."

What do you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Excellent training and great facilities."

What don't you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Coworkers would lie about making sales calls."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Less representatives. Put more money into patient assistance programs that are easy to use. Medical professionals respect ease of use for their patients."

"Superb."

What do you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Its Mission to help the sick."

What don't you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Commuting distance."

"Good solid company."

What do you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"My manager Dan Teisler."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Good company, lacks good managers in some areas of the country."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need more training."

What do you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Great place to work."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared to accept all kind of challenges."

What do you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"The independence of making things happen."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself, don't get caught up trying to be someone you're not, just to please them."

What don't you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Very political."

What do you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Working with physicians to provide patients with care that they needed."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Always have a will to win attitude."

What don't you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Not being able to help each patient with your product."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue to listen to each representative on what can make their jobs more efficient."

"Great products/bad management."

What do you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Good products."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be careful, they tend to bite off more than they can chew!"

What don't you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"They tend to expand without knowing the market."

"This is really a boring company."

What do you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Need help to run company to speed."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"This is a very old company with old technologies. This is not a good choice for advancement."

What don't you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"It's not a good environment."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It is ok only."

What do you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Flexibility to make important decisions, varied responsibilities, challenging role within the organization."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Although no longer in business at that location, in general Sandoz is a great company to work with as long as people have the R/D background they are looking for."

What don't you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Appeared to be unstable, which was confirmed when the facility closed, forcing relocation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They did the best they could within certain parameters and with the understanding that there was potential of facility closure."

What do you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Great company. They are a leader in the industry. Innovative and have done a very nice job with employee retention and education."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself and clearly state your qualifications and why you would want to be an employee."

What don't you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Some of the overlap in management direction. It seems to be a focus of leadership to continue to improve in this area, but is slow probably due to the size of the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep filling up the pipeline and grow."

What do you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Contact with medical professionals."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make certain that this is what you really want to do."

What don't you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"The political in-fighting and posturing by management and home office personnel."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Learn what the people in the field do and never forget it."