Great benefits, awesome culture, low pay - Product Manager Elsevier Employee Review

4.0
Jun 20, 2021
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Pros

Elsevier is a great place to work. The people are intelligent and hard working and there are a lot of great benefits like paid volunteer days, flexible work schedules, and fun company events. The work is fulfilling and the leadership is great.

Cons

Low pay (non-competitive) and frequent layoffs. Also, career growth is basically not a thing. I loved my position, but I didn't feel like I had any upward mobility.

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Elsevier Response
5y
Thank you for your review. We offer a competitive reward package and a generous array of employee benefits. We regularly benchmark these against companies of the same size in various countries. Through organizational commitment, we take a combined approach to our people's growth and professional development strategies. We empower them to see RELX and our sister companies as well as Elsevier a huge job marketplace for them to explore. We also provide them with the resources and opportunities to manage their career development.

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5.0
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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
1mo
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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