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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

      Ratings by demographic groups

      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
      4.0
      Feb 9, 2017

      Elsevier review

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      all the benefits of a large organisation, e.g. health and safety, pension scheme and international colleagues

      Cons

      career progression too much based on pre-defined targets and quantifiable target measurements, struggling to reward efforts beneficial to the business which don't fit exactly within remit of these targets or are more difficult to quantify, i.e. it doesn't reward it at all or structure is resistant and slow to do so, perhaps due to multiple management layers, all with their own rigid targets, etc.

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      Elsevier Response
      7y
      Thank you for your review. Our employees are empowered supported by their managers to take charge of their own careers.
      4.0
      Feb 5, 2017

      Steady ship in stormy waters

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Elsevier has a lot of smart people, working very hard, doing something they believe in and care about. The resources available to the company, the thought leadership, and the industry leadership are a powerful mix.The transformation to a data and analytics company, in growth markets, is well underway.

      Cons

      Elsevier has a very academic approach to decision-making that can drown innovation at times. Industry leadership also means the company. There are also a couple of functions that need dragging into the digital age.

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      Elsevier Response
      8y
      First, let us thank you for you work at Elsevier for the past 5 years. Secondly, thank you for leaving this great feedback. We are pleased to hear that we have a lot of smart people including you working at Elsevier. Knowing that you, one of our employees, acknowledged that the resources available to us, the thought leadership, and the industry leadership are a powerful mix for us is fantastic. Regarding our approach to decision making, I am sure that you appreciate the need for us to make several critical decisions in a global business environment. So, careful consideration is often required in some cases. However, we are certain that you must have noticed a change in our approach to decision making since you left this feedback. Carefully moving faster on decisions means staying competitive.
      1.0
      Feb 1, 2017

      Worse company I have stayed

      Sales support
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexible working hour, could be home base office sometimes, nice coworkers

      Cons

      Terrible management team, no organized training, changed strategy from time to time, and put you work overtime often without payment

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