Is Elsevier a good company to work for?

Elsevier has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 2,539 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 74% 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 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Elsevier. This rating has been stable over the past 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 (20) , 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 288 reviews)); "You get the chance to work with great people that are very driven and know their subject area very well." ((in 161 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 135 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 51 reviews)); "Customers shows lot of respect to the company good work culture" ((in 44 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 94 reviews)); "the pay is low but everything else was great" ((in 90 reviews)); "Management on the corporate side is poor with very little business development experience." ((in 81 reviews)); "level and higher managers result in poor leadership and decision" ((in 55 reviews)); "There are also bad managers and seemingly no easy way to reduce their impact on the staff for whom they are responsible." ((in 50 reviews))

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What are the top reviewed Elsevier locations?

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Elsevier reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(2,194 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

89% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

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Elsevier has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,194 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

1.0

Sep 2, 2017

Terrible Leadersip and Upper Management

Education solutions cons

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great colleagues. Previously known for strong content but that is suffering with current management initiatives.

Cons

Lack of industry knowledge by senior leadership. Inability to admit strategic mistakes and refocus. Poor sales pay bonus structure. Loss of appreciation of the importance of happy employees and happy customers. No investment in sales support and proper infrastructure to support sales people and customer needs.

3.0

Sep 1, 2017

Always Changing

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fast paced, always something to do, forever changing

Cons

not a stable working environment, too many re-orgs

1.0

Aug 31, 2017

Toxic And Out of Touch Leadership

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You will work with really amazing, smart, collaborative, teammates. You will have the opportunity to work with a lot of different people (because of the turnover). And if you're in tech like me, you will get snacks.

Cons

You will be overlooked unless you are one of the favorites. You will not be able to easily switch teams for a better opportunity because management has a petty turf war and their bosses and bosses' bosses don't pay attention. You will work tirelessly in 50 and 60 hour weeks and be asked why you're not contributing more. If you face sexism, harassment, or racism, you will be told not to report it because you will ruin the status quo and if you go ahead and report it anyway you will be pushed out of the team. And you will be underpaid, have terrible benefits, and be treated like a replaceable drone.

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