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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2K reviews
3.0
Aug 2, 2017

Technical Product Manager

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Pros

Great benefits - college tuition, medical, time off

Cons

Large organization, slow moving, reorganization of entire sections of the company happen often

1.0
Aug 1, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Elsevier produces high quality solutions for its customers. Lots of great people amongst the rank & file. Senior Leadership is another story altogether.

Cons

See Title of this review. The result of micromanagement, cronyism, incompetence, dishonesty and lack of respect for people. I understand the SVP of Sales was replaced a few months ago. That is a start. It will take time and the right leadership to undue all that was destroyed over 3 years to create an environment of mutual trust/respect for people that was once the true hallmark of a successful RELX Group company.

3.0
Aug 1, 2017

Exceptional Content with Poor Leadership

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Excellent content, trusted brand, and experienced editorial staff.

Cons

Much of Upper Management is out of touch with their employees, and customer markets. They want to apply business rules from their MBAs, without deep knowledge of variances need: i.e. access models, pricing, and contracts, to all of the global customer markets. In final few years, I saw incompetence and underperformance, as well as disrespect, tolerated. Customer experience and satisfaction are no longer high priority.

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