Novartis Pharmaceuticals Employee Reviews for Sales Consultant

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

"expectations from executive management were unreasonable; lack of understanding real world situations in the field"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"to call on customers and actually help make the sale; become a resource for customers"

"Discipline."

What do you like about working at Novartis Pharmaceuticals?

"Compensation package and benefits, Great people. Great place to receive excellent sales training and learn certain sales and marketing disciplines. Competitive."

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

"Research the company's pipeline and ask about job security in the near future do to the fast changing healthcare enviroment."

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

"Not a very good work/life balance. Company is not open to any suggestions about how be better company and change with changing healthcare enviroment. Micro-Managed. Not very much room for advancement unless you want to become a District Manager."

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

"Be yourself. The most important thing in any interview is to be yourself. I feel that it is the only way one can really know if a job is a good fit for you."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Spend more quality time with team building. It is important to the new reps. Helping new reps to get acquainted and acclimated is an important step in developing talent."

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."

"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 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."