Elsevier reviews

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.

Where should I start? I have to echo another reviewer by saying, Can I have the last decade-plus of my working life back? I rue the day that I ever accepted an offer from Elsevier. Better to have stayed unemployed for a longer time. Management is just awful...I have worked for some truly evil and self-serving people who intentionally keep their employees down and said and done things that would have had them fired years ago at any other place. Had to go above my line manager to beg for a promotion even though I was doing her job and mine. Too many middle managers who don't know their heads from a hole in the ground. People work here for decades and are promoted on who they are friends with and not because they deserve it. There is NO room to grow except for a select chosen few, and although the company likes to say there are so many opps, once you are hired in a dept. it is VERY difficult to move into another dept. Raises are a joke--you're lucky if you get 2 percent "cost of living" every year. Also have to echo another reviewer who said that "fake" positions are created to give the illusion of "job opportunities" and room to grow, and truer words were never spoken. Too many role changes. People are pushing paper and not using their skills. Also, did I mention everything has either been outsourced to other countries or is well on its way to being so in the near future? Morale is in the toilet and it's nothing but negative energy in most areas. I have been trying to escape for years but the economy tanking & other factors have kept me from doing so. Hope to be able to change this profile to "Former Employee" sooner rather than later.