Elsevier reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(2,185 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

90% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Elsevier has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,185 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
3.0
Dec 1, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Team members, culture, and flexible work schedule

Cons

Lots of reorgs recently from editors to project managers resulting in a loss of a lot of great talent, including people who have been with the business 10+ years. Losing people with their knowledge is a shame, especially in the books department where having that knowledge is absolutely detrimental to the team's success. It's already resulted in a lot of issues and a lack of communication to our authors and editors and it's sure to get worse since they still haven't replaced all of the project managers they laid off even though it's been months, and it'll take time for these new people to get up to speed as well. Because of the reorgs, it also means there are very few opportunities for advancement unless you get lucky.

4.0
Dec 1, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good established reputation in health professions

Cons

Territory representative positions do not open often in every territory.

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