Was better when it was Chiron - Anonymous employee Novartis Employee Review

1.0
17 Jan 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

-Excellent location (heart of Biotech Bay) within a not-so-urban-yet-not-so-industrial setting. -Employees show great team-work efforts in their respective departments as well as do their best to be accommodating to their respective customers. -Depending on who your manager is...they MIGHT listen to you.

Cons

-Depending on who your manager is...they MIGHT not care about the following: you, your need for professional growth, your opinions, your diligent efforts to improve, and if you've made errors will make it a point to overshadow the positives with the negatives. -Micromanagement is not a style--it's a way of life. -If you're looking for sympathy you're barking up the wrong tree. -Hiring temps (contractors) and constantly renewing their contracts without even so much as notifying them as to when their contract is actually up or whether or not that temp even WANTS to renew their contract

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