Interview at Novartis - culture

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anonymous said:
I’ve been in this industry over 25 years and I have never seen such a miserable culture. Novartis does everything they can do to get people to just give up or quit. Sales mean nothing at Novartis. Objectives are ridiculously high, but if you are one of the few people who hit those numbers, literally NOT ONE PERSON will notice.
They reorg every 18 months. They don’t pay for your cell phone. They pay low low low bonuses. Managers will flat out tell you to work evenings and weekends on your administration tasks. Every communication from the company and your manager is negative. They make you basically collect your own data, then managers have an “allocation” meeting at the end of each quarter to fight for credit. You will be allowed zero input about anything. They have the cheapest version of every app and none of them know about the other. Everyone is running an underlying agenda. People who generate almost no business get promoted and people who have great numbers get displaced. You will never in a million years understand the incentive comp plan, because that’s how they want it. Smoke and mirrors. I could go on all day, but you get the picture.
I doubt the company you want to leave could possibly be as bad.
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This is all completely true!
 








anonymous said:
So based on these replies, would you say Novartis employment should be viewed as a bridge job to something else and not as a.long term situation with a future?
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Nowadays you’d be lucky to get 2 years max. Of course any mindless ABL will try to say differently however Novartis prior history speaks to the reality of it all.
 


anonymousNovartis said:
Nowadays you’d be lucky to get 2 years max. Of course any mindless ABL will try to say differently however Novartis prior history speaks to the reality of it all.
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And they’re going to be two miserable years, especially if you’re a high achiever. The only people truly happy at Novartis are the ones who aren’t working and are just collecting those “team goal” incentive checks that someone else earned.
 


anonymous said:
And they’re going to be two miserable years, especially if you’re a high achiever. The only people truly happy at Novartis are the ones who aren’t working and are just collecting those “team goal” incentive checks that someone else earned.
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I thought the team goal IC was only in primary care and weren’t they already laid off?
 


This person is looking for home office feedback not field feedback. If you are confident that you can get another job in two years, then come on over. Otherwise wait for another opportunity. It’s really bad here
 






anonymous said:
This person is looking for home office feedback not field feedback. If you are confident that you can get another job in two years, then come on over. Otherwise wait for another opportunity. It’s really bad here
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I highly doubt the culture at home office differs much from what they subject the field to.
 


anonymous said:
Oh, no, it’s been a reality in the entire CV division for three years now. I’ve heard MS or maybe Onc are going that way too?
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There is freedom within
There is freedom without
Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup
There's a battle ahead
Many battles are lost
But you'll never see the end of the road
While you're travelling with me
… Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win
… Now I'm towing my car
There's a hole in the roof
My possessions are causing me suspicion
But there's no proof
In the paper today
Tales of war and of waste
But you turn right over to the TV page
… Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win
… Now I'm walking again
To the beat of a drum
And I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart
Only shadows ahead
Barely clearing the roof
Get to know the feeling of liberation and release
… Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
You know they won't win
 










anonymous said:
Of course they would say that. Layoffs have been the only consistent thing I have seen at Novartis since I have been here. I have been here less than 6 years and have seen 3 different times where hundreds have been laid off + 3 different times where less than 50 have been laid off.

As noted above performance does not matter. In all 3 big layoffs presidents club winners were laid off. The last big one that hit HQ was 6 months of rolling layoffs.

The culture in this company is not great.
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I’ve been with the company for 4 years and so far experienced 5 rounds of restructuring including TfG where 12-15k people were laid off globally. It’s endless and exhausting.
 







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