Not a good place to build a career. - Project Manager Novartis Employee Review

1.0
15 Jan 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good people who are supportive locally. Benefits good.

Cons

Too many to list. Mostly exploitative and discounting. Turnover rate is extremely high even at upper management levels. The contractor to employee ration is 10 to 1, yet company projects the image in communications and advertisements as caring about the employees which is false. Contractors are employeed to make it easy to end projects without any explanations. Recent layoff of employee and then replacing with contractors who are incompetent. Housing employees in areas where OSHA is violate and providing substandard levels of housing for employees, yet providing the latest in technological toys to upper management. And the beat goes on!!!!

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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