Elsevier reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(2,185 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

91% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Elsevier has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,185 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
2.0
Nov 6, 2019

Good place to retire from

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Work Life balance. Excellent 401K and benefits (especially if you are vested in for more than 7 yrs). So so health benefits.

Cons

Unable to innovate. Trying to do the same thing again and again like selling old wine in new bottle. Career progression is all luck and dependent on how good of a network you have. Merit is hardly ever a consideration. Constant churn in management causing all sorts of churn. Mediocre Sr. leadership.

2.0
Dec 18, 2018

Operational Mess

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stable company but risk of decline

Cons

But only stable because every year they cut costs to maintain profit margin. No true plan to drive incremental revenue growth. Senior leadership is weak and highly political. No interest in addressing operational issues and legacy technology Chaos with weak leadership and power struggles between functional areas.

2.0
Apr 23, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Most colleagues are good people, a lot of them have been there a long time.

Cons

Poor leadership, very short sighted with very little vision. Stuck in past business models that are becoming obsolete.

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