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    Novo Nordisk Reviews

    Updated 17 January 2019
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    Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen
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    1. "Good company to work for"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Culture, ethics, colleagues, patient centric approach, environment sensitivity

      Cons

      Flat organisation , limited promotions

    2. "Great culture and work life balance"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends

      I worked at Novo Nordisk full-time

      Pros

      Culture people and work life balance

      Cons

      Process old systems and too many systems.

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    3. "Novo"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends

      I worked at Novo Nordisk full-time

      Pros

      Good, ethical, friendly, good training

      Cons

      But no progression, role better elsewhere

      Advice to Management

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    4. "."

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Good leadership and customer focused

      Cons

      Is sometimes too corporate led

    5. "Marketing"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Novo Nordisk full-time

      Pros

      Competitive team, senior experience, everyone counts

      Cons

      Currently in a period of internal changes, that creates uncertainty and pressure

      Advice to Management

      Create an envairontment where everyone understand each others roles, that would help

    6. "Friendly professional organisation"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Novo Nordisk full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Supportive management
      Well structured role
      Great benefits - pension, car, gym, free breakfast and lunch, social events

      Cons

      Premium priced products makes it a tough sell to struggling NHS.
      Flexible working policy variable across the business and dependent on who your boss is.
      Limited opportunity for promotion.

    7. "Snapshot"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Novo Nordisk full-time

      Pros

      World Leaders in Diabetes Care

      Cons

      Not competitive enough with regards to employee Salaries

    8. "A very good company and a good environment"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Very ethic and employee oriented company.
      Good environment. Healthy and successful in its field

      Cons

      Salaries are not the highest but good benefits

    9. Helpful (4)

      "If your face does not fit anymore......."

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      Former Employee - Accounts - Somewhere in Gatwick, England
      Former Employee - Accounts - Somewhere in Gatwick, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Novo Nordisk full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Free canteen
      good benefits
      great pension
      friendly team members

      Cons

      work life balance
      head count restrictions
      will get you out on return from long sick term
      crap HR

      Advice to Management

      Be honest
      set realistic goals
      admit when wrong
      Pay better
      price product realistically

    10. "Novo Nordisk India"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Novo Nordisk full-time

      Pros

      - Great company globally. The culture trickles to India office as well
      - Growing market for diabetes and Novo Nordisk has a great portfolio of products

      Cons

      Novo Nordisk office in India is largely driven by sales volume. The focus on good quality talent attraction, retention and development is less than what one would expect from a reputed company in a growing industry.

      Advice to Management

      Smart people can be a great asset to the organisation. Of course I understand that not all companies think that people are their greatest assets. However working at Novo Nordisk I felt that the company should give more importance to attracting high quality employees who can bring fresh thinking to the business.