A well balanced company worth your time investigating - Sales Representative Elsevier Employee Review

4.0
Feb 17, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Promotions are mostly from within. Peers are delightful to work with. Company is very stable with over 9000 employees international. Major sites for employment are Philadelphia, St Louis, New York and Atlanta. Sales professionals can work from home. Elsevier fosters a learning culture and community involvement. Content is great Great holidays, 2 week vacation, sick days

Cons

Content outshines lagging technology capabilities. Less than average salaries with PDP used to control salary growth. Electronic side of publishing business is growing at double digit while print side not so much. Concerns of pricing as relating to electronic products not in step with client needs.

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5.0
May 11, 2026
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Pros

Industry leader Great benefits Incentive trips Invests heavily in its employees

Cons

Processes can be burdensome and clunky at times

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Elsevier Response
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Thank you for this balanced and thoughtful review. We're glad to hear that our benefits and investment in people are making a positive impact, those are commitments we take seriously. On the process feedback: Leadership is actively reviewing operational workflows, and the advice to listen more closely to employee feedback is something we're holding ourselves accountable to. If you're open to it, we'd encourage you to bring specific examples forward through your team or people and culture contacts. Change is most effective when it's grounded in the real experiences of the people doing the work, and that means you. Feel free to reach out to us at elseviergdrev@elsevier.com to provide more information Thank you for staying engaged and for caring enough to share this. It matters.
4.0
Jun 20, 2026
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Pros

-Great company -Team has talented, experienced account managers and product experts who know the territory well

Cons

West team management is heavy on micromanagement and sets unrealistic territory targets without rep input — high turnover, and long tenure in company seems to shield this manager from accountability and growth

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