Pros
Flexible Work Hours. Between decent VPN software and communication tools that enable meetings to occur across the globe folks can generally work where its most convienent, though this can lead to issues when abused. The company has noble intentions. Ultimately it shouldnt be ignored that Elsevier is legitimately trying to improve healthcare across the world through their products and content. Decent Vacation Packages. The nice 'pro' of working for a European company is the importance put on time off for vacation and getting away from things for a while.
Cons
The company is clearly going through a transitional period where its core competencies are coming into question. The print business isn't going to see better days so the company has 'reinvented itself' as a information analytics firm. This is seen as a joke in many circles as this was largely a change in title only. New products that are intended to provide lifelines to the company's long term success come out half baked or are delayed, often leading to leadership turnover due to consistent poor performance. This can largely be perceived as growing pains of the transition though, the weak leaders are getting weeded out. Unfortunately those individuals tend to reside in higher roles. However, the real con of working here was the open office concept that now dominates the offices. No assigned seating and no offices mean you share space and equipment with unknown amounts of individuals, which was a real joy to experience during this past flu season. Oh, and did I mention that since there are no offices it means that senior leadership is nowhere to be found on most days as they are mostly working from home? Because that is a thing now too.
