Is Elsevier a good company to work for?

Elsevier has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 2,540 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 76% of employees would recommend working at Elsevier to a friend and 72% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Elsevier have been left by employees working as Software Engineer , Editor and Manager .

Does Elsevier pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Elsevier employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Elsevier. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Elsevier?

76% of Elsevier employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Elsevier 4.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Elsevier?

Software Engineer (78) , Senior Software Engineer (63) , Account Manager (61) , Product Manager (55) , Journal Manager (50) , Project Manager (37) , Publisher (30) , Director (29) , Editor (28) , Manager (23) , Sales (22) , Editorial Project Manager (21) , Software Engineer III (20) , Marketing (18) , Data Scientist (16)

What are the pros of working at Elsevier according to real employee reviews?

"Flexibility and good work/life balance" ((in 283 reviews)); "You get the chance to work with great people that are very driven and know their subject area very well." ((in 158 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 142 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 55 reviews)); "Customers shows lot of respect to the company good work culture" ((in 36 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Elsevier according to real employee reviews?

"We're continued to be asked to develop "world class content" with third world resources and insultingly low salaries." ((in 94 reviews)); "Management on the corporate side is poor with very little business development experience." ((in 76 reviews)); "level and higher managers result in poor leadership and decision" ((in 54 reviews)); "There are also bad managers and seemingly no easy way to reduce their impact on the staff for whom they are responsible." ((in 47 reviews)); "Senior Management has completely lost touch with reality." ((in 32 reviews))

What are employees saying about Elsevier layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Elsevier layoffs and their outlook for job security at Elsevier in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Elsevier locations?

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Elsevier reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(2,195 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

89% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

Work/Life balance

4.2

Culture & values

3.5

Senior management

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

Elsevier has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,195 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

3.0

Aug 1, 2017

Exceptional Content with Poor Leadership

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent content, trusted brand, and experienced editorial staff.

Cons

Much of Upper Management is out of touch with their employees, and customer markets. They want to apply business rules from their MBAs, without deep knowledge of variances need: i.e. access models, pricing, and contracts, to all of the global customer markets. In final few years, I saw incompetence and underperformance, as well as disrespect, tolerated. Customer experience and satisfaction are no longer high priority.

3.0

Jul 30, 2017

Working Conditions worsening

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Market Leader in industry Modern infrastructure in industry

Cons

Promotions given to management's pets and not those who could work. Letting go of too many knowledgeable staffs, while bringing in incapable people (Far too) frequent restructuring which brings instability. Puts work life balance on the lips but nothing like this in reality.

1.0

Jul 26, 2017

Great company, poor management

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good company benefit schemes Good location for both driving and catching public transport Always parking, whatever time you get in

Cons

Poor, rude and untrustworthy managers Poorly structured internal review/feedback process

Elsevier Response

7y

Thanks for your review. It's unfortunate to know that this is how you feel about some managers. This is not the kind of working environment that we want for our employees. We are fully committed to creating a fair and equitable work environment for our people. Our workforce of over 7,600 employees globally has an average length of service of 9.2 years. We want to keep things this way because our people are our strength. We are always training our people managers and we will continue to do this. However, if you feel you can help by providing any further feedback, you can send it anonymously through elseviergdrev@elsevier.com

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