Elsevier reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(2,194 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

89% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

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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1.0
Aug 8, 2017

If only management had been effective...

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Decent benefits, interesting work, and mostly on-par starting salaries with other players in the same industry.

Cons

Substantial raises and promotions were extremely hard to come by (unless you call a 2% raise after a year's worth of 50-60 hour weeks of hard work "substantial"). One could work their tail off for a year under the false premise of a forth-coming promotion for the next year (installed 4 MONTHS after start of Q1), only to be told in Q4 that management had decided to change course and not provide the promotion that had been all but promised. I saw repeat examples of management failing to coach ineffective employees, failing to let go and replace folks who were destroying their respective departments, and other managers who harbored significant favoritism within departments--providing growth opportunities to some who scantily deserved them, while denying those same opportunities to others who truly did deserve them. I witnessed managers committing basic HR errors such as promoting sexist attitudes and discussing religion and personal issues during the course of a business meetings, and not being held accountable after HR department was notified.

3.0
Aug 8, 2017

Managed by rumor

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great co-workers from many diverse backgrounds. Decent pay and good benefits. Challenging work which can change quickly. Immediate managers are pretty decent.

Cons

Official communications that impact daily work are few and far between. Often management decisions or changes are communicated by word of mouth. Reasons are not given. Documentation is hard to find. Also, many time wasting meetings.

3.0
Aug 3, 2017

Decent company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great environment, culture and people

Cons

Company has been around for a long time. Thus remains legacy issues such as lack of improvement to internal systems to support reporting and other activities.

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