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      Elsevier reviews

      4.0

      79% would recommend to a friend

      (2,185 total reviews)

      Kumsal Bayazit

      90% approve of CEO

      75% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.5

      Work/Life balance

      4.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.3

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Senior management

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      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
      2.0
      Jul 21, 2017

      Only for a certain type

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Decent salary, good health benefits

      Cons

      Inept management, insufferable colleagues, culture of meetings for the sake of meetings

      3.0
      Apr 18, 2017

      Great Culture and Job. Poor Leadership

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      People, Culture, Work/Life Balance, Travel Opportunities, Diverse Workforce, Benefits

      Cons

      Salary, Leadership, Company Direction, Communication of Objectives and Goals from Corporate

      1.0
      Feb 14, 2017

      The benefits are good, but not worth the stress

      Content coordinator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexible work schedule, good amount of PTO plus sick time and paid volunteer days. On site cafeteria. Health, Vision, and Dental coverage; on site flu shots annually. Intelligent and friendly employees for the most part. Good training for new employees.

      Cons

      When I first started it was pleasant, people liked their work and had some autonomy on projects. In the past 3 or so years I was there it became increasingly unpleasant. Employee surveys are given by management yearly, they talk about the results and never take any action to make improvements. Constant reorganization since about 2013. New management brought in to clean house; experienced personnel passed up for management positions. If your job can be outsourced, it probably will be eventually. Low employee morale, pay on the low end and little upward mobility. Due to staff reductions, the workload became increasing unmanageable and continued to increase making quality suffer and putting unrealistic expectations on employees. Many employees work through lunches on weekends and long days without pay to meet demands of work, management knows this and allows employees to work overtime "for free."

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