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Novo Nordisk Fires New Hires Days Before Start Date as Company Halts All “Not Critically Necessary” Hiring: Reports

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The unconventional move comes after the company slashed its outlook for the year as its blockbuster weight-loss drugs are losing ground to competitor drugs from Eli Lilly.

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Those who were supposed to start working at Novo Nordisk in the past few days were in for an unpleasant surprise.

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Novo Nordisk pays one month's salary in addition to notice of termination to people who cannot be hired anyway.

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Novo Nordisk pays one month's salary in addition to notice of termination to people who cannot be hired anyway.

Novo sharpens the savings knife: Fires all new employeesFirst, Novo Nordisk's new CEO, Mike Doustdar, introduced a hiring freeze in the company. Then he canceled his employees' bonuses in the first half of 2025.

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Novo Nordisk is asking new employees who were supposed to start their positions on September 1st not to show up anyway. Novo Nordisk confirms this in a response to Ekstra Bladet. The pharmaceutical company recently confirmed that it had introduced a global stop to new hires that are not critically necessary for the company's operations.

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Ekstra Bladet broke the news in Denmark on Thursday, August 28, 2025.
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