Pros
- Great people overall in HR - everyone wants to make a difference - Streamlining of therapeutic spaces makes efficient sense in the new operating model - Company is really trying to reinvent / refresh itself with the best of intentions
Cons
- Values and behaviors are great - but there is more empty talk versus action. Post restructuring "red behaviors" seems very acceptable again if it means profits which undermines both psychological safety of associates and HR partners to the business - A LOT (and I mean A LOT) of who you know and how long you have been at Novartis is what gets you the internal jobs. It's quite exhausting. Many higher level roles are appointed and never posted even internally. - HR is being led by a non-HR leader. It is someone the CEO trusts, but not a visionary HR Leader.