Is Elsevier a good company to work for?

Elsevier has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 2,535 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 78% of employees would recommend working at Elsevier to a friend and 75% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Elsevier have been left by employees working as Software Engineer , Editor and Manager .

Does Elsevier pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Elsevier employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Elsevier. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Elsevier?

78% of Elsevier employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Elsevier 4.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Elsevier?

Software Engineer (78) , Senior Software Engineer (63) , Account Manager (61) , Product Manager (55) , Journal Manager (49) , Project Manager (37) , Publisher (30) , Director (29) , Editor (28) , Manager (23) , Sales (22) , Editorial Project Manager (21) , Software Engineer III (19) , Marketing (18) , Data Scientist (16)

What are the pros of working at Elsevier according to real employee reviews?

"Flexibility and good work/life balance" ((in 291 reviews)); "You get the chance to work with great people that are very driven and know their subject area very well." ((in 165 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 142 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 55 reviews)); "Customers shows lot of respect to the company good work culture" ((in 42 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Elsevier according to real employee reviews?

"We're continued to be asked to develop "world class content" with third world resources and insultingly low salaries." ((in 89 reviews)); "The pay is low and does not increase by much each year" ((in 85 reviews)); "Management on the corporate side is poor with very little business development experience." ((in 82 reviews)); "level and higher managers result in poor leadership and decision" ((in 54 reviews)); "There are also bad managers and seemingly no easy way to reduce their impact on the staff for whom they are responsible." ((in 53 reviews))

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Elsevier reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(2,190 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

91% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

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Elsevier has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,190 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Elsevier employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews

4.0

Jan 11, 2020

Open and Friendly Place to Work

Air force

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Everyone is so laid back and friendly. They make you feel accepted. Open floor plan. They like to have little events every month to break up the day-to-day work environment. Great benefits. Work from home days are a plus.

Cons

Some of the work can be tedious when it comes to designing. Sometimes, the work process in the department can change every few months. Which can be annoying when you are trying to get use to working one way. There's a dump nearby that you can sometimes smell from the parking lot.

Elsevier Response

6y

Thank you for your review. Sorry to hear that you feel some aspects of your work is tedious. At Elsevier, we take pride in supporting and nurturing our staff and we work hard to make Elsevier a great place to work, a place where people feel empowered to speak up so that together we can solve real problems in a great working environment. We encourage you to speak to your manager if you feel some of your work is tedious. Your manager is there to support you.

4.0

Dec 23, 2019

Great experience

Senior user experience designer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great benefits, including paid time off. A lot of opportunity to work with different people across the world and across job roles. I was able to build on my skill set, from a jumior level to senior level.

Cons

US employees are not given the same opportunities and overall employment culture. When it comes to management, design, and engineering, it is not a work culture that truly embraces things like discoveries and focus on customer problems. There is a lot of emphasis put on new talent hiring, this is excellent for those early in their career, but there is little to no support for career growth for past mid-level.

Elsevier Response

6y

Thank you for your review. We take pride in supporting and nurturing all our employees globally and we work hard to make Elsevier a great place to work. Also, we always make employees feel they have a stake in the success of our organization and that speaking up and addressing concerns is a collective responsibility. Regrettably, the issues you raised under cons were not brought to our attention when you were with us. However, we have shared your feedback with the right people within our organization as we feel discoveries and focus on our customer problems are some of our priority areas as a business. Again, thank you for your review.

3.0

Dec 3, 2019

good place to work but will way under pay

Full stack developer

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CEO approval

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Pros

wfh, flex-hours, would hear ideas out (depending on your team), occasional catered lunch (once a week roughly)

Cons

health benefits are less than stellar. Pay is aweful. I got a better offer years prior. Only reason I took it was because I was greatly under pressure, in-part by them. I will not go into details.

Elsevier Response

6y

thank you for your review. We offer a competitive salary and a good array of benefits.

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