Elsevier Development Editor reviews

3.6

24% would recommend to a friend

(52 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

91% approve of CEO

11% positive business outlook

Development Editor employees have rated Elsevier with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 52 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Development Editor professionals have a good working experience there. Elsevier is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Development Editor professionals compared to other employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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52 reviews
3.0
Jun 26, 2024

Underpaid

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Pros

Interesting work, friendly people, flexible working

Cons

Eye-opening seeing pay ranges for equivalent positions at other publishers. Hugely underpaid here relative to our expertise. Elsevier is exploiting its talented editors.

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Elsevier Response
2y
Thank you for leaving your review. Compensation is always a hot topic in any industry. We benchmark our salaries externally to ensure we stay competitive. We also offer competitive rates plus an array of great benefits.
3.0
Feb 26, 2024

Fair enough

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Pros

Elsevier likes to try to keep up with advances in publishing technology. I much appreciate, as an editor, that although the company is huge I can get tech help via chat.

Cons

Because Elsevier is so big, it can be very impersonal, and there can be holes and/or overlap between the many roles that employees fill. The future of big for-profit academic publishers is a bit in question right now, too, for a number of reasons.

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1.0
Jul 23, 2023
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Pros

You get to work 4 days from home. It is an MNC. It gives you benefits like company owned iphones and other things.

Cons

You have to travel for work one day every week. No flexibility. Too much pressure. Too much work compared to what you are paid. You will end up working more than 12 hours a day to meet deadlines. Remote work is not an option. Work hours are crazy and crazy rules of early morning shift for wfo.

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