Novanta Reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(325 total reviews)
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Matthijs Glastra

75% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Novanta has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 325 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Novanta employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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325 reviews
5.0
26 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Onboarding experience, clear company vision and strategy, employee guidance, communication, product catalog & industry diversification, PTO policy, work-life balance

Cons

No WFH hardware setup/checklist, no internal resource showing a product tree of all major product types (by site/BU)

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Novanta Response
4d
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We’re pleased to hear that your onboarding, work-life balance, communication, and overall introduction to Novanta have made a positive impression during your first year with the company. We also appreciate your thoughtful suggestions. Helping new employees understand the products they support, how they make an impact, and our broader portfolio is an important part of creating a successful onboarding experience. As we continue to enhance our onboarding programs, feedback like yours helps us identify opportunities to provide additional resources and deeper product education to help employees build confidence and connect the work they do to our broader business. Thank you again for your feedback and for being part of the Novanta team. We wish you continued success as you grow your career with us.
5.0
6 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

With frequent acquisitions comes constant change, but it also creates strong opportunities to grow, take on new challenges, and shape how things evolve.

Cons

With many acquired brands, processes and priorities can take time to stabilize. There is a lot of ongoing change and adjustment.

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Novanta Response
2mo
Thank you for sharing your feedback and perspective. We’re glad to hear that you’ve found opportunities for growth and the ability to take on new challenges – those are intentional outcomes of how we evolve as a company. Bringing together new capabilities through acquisitions is a key part of our strategy and creates space for employees to shape and influence how we move forward. We intentionally seek employees that thrive in an innovative environment where they have the opportunity to learn, grow and solve new challenges for customers every day. At the same time, integrating multiple businesses, processes, and priorities is an ongoing effort. We continue to focus on strengthening alignment, streamlining ways of working, and building consistency across the organization while maintaining the agility that enables growth. We strengthen alignment by communicating consistently across the company through regular posts on our intranet and in weekly news emails and quarterly all-employee town halls. We appreciate your contributions and your role in helping drive that progress.
5.0
12 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

• Smart, collaborative engineers and cross-functional partners—healthy respect for PMs and clear ownership. • Mission-driven products in medical/advanced surgery—easy to feel proud of the impact on clinicians and patients. • Solid project management discipline (Phase Gate / Report Out, PMO templates, PWA/Power BI) that helps align teams and make outcomes measurable. • Supportive leadership and helpful peers; I’ve experienced open communication and quick help across sites (US/EU). • Opportunities to modernize tools and practices (MS Project Web App, Polarion, Power BI, Loop/Teams). Continuous improvement is encouraged. • Competitive benefits and good work-life balance; flexible when big milestones demand extra effort.

Cons

• As a global company, cross-time-zone collaboration can be challenging at times; planning rhythms help but require discipline. • Company growth brings process changes, occasionally creates ambiguity; generally resolved quickly with PMO guidance.

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Novanta Response
5mo
Thank you for the thoughtful and detailed review, and for sharing your experience with us. We’re pleased to hear that the work feels meaningful and that our engineering talent, project management discipline, and global collaboration stand out. Delivering mission-driven products that make a real difference for clinicians and patients is core to who we are, and it’s encouraging to see that reflected in your experience. Operating as a global, growing organization brings complexity, and we intentionally rely on strong planning systems, Novanta Growth System (NGS) standards and processes, and modern tools like Gen AI to support alignment and execution across teams. It’s great to see those investments are contributing to clarity, collaboration, and measurable outcomes. We appreciate your suggestions and will continue to invest in NGS, resource visibility, sustainability, and our tooling roadmap as we scale. Thank you for being a part of the team and for contributing to the momentum you describe.
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