Is Elsevier a good company to work for?

Elsevier has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 2,539 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 78% of employees would recommend working at Elsevier to a friend and 75% 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 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Elsevier. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Elsevier?

78% 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 3.6 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 (49) , 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 287 reviews)); "You get the chance to work with great people that are very driven and know their subject area very well." ((in 163 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 132 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 56 reviews)); "Customers shows lot of respect to the company good work culture" ((in 38 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 93 reviews)); "The pay is low and does not increase by much each year" ((in 91 reviews)); "Management on the corporate side is poor with very little business development experience." ((in 79 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 52 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

78% would recommend to a friend

(2,194 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

91% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

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Elsevier has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,194 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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

5.0

Dec 15, 2021

Great company and great people

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people are fantastic and always happy to help in fixing any problem. A lot of technologies are used that can expand your abilities; some that i have worked with in a relatively small team including: AWS (extensively), Kubernetes, Terraform, Bash, Python, Elasticsearch, Jenkins, Puppet, Linux/Centos. Different teams use different things - some use Kubernetes extensively (but my experience is only slight), others use Azure. AWS and terraform are my big two but Elsevier have and Enterprise account with Udemy so you can study any course you like for free which i think is fantastic. Also internal higher is preferred over external so career progression either vertically or in to a different position is quite straight forward.

Cons

Sometimes (and i mean very occasionally) it can get a bit repetitive. One these days i find its good to do some training so that it feels like a day of learning

Elsevier Response

4y

Thank you for leaving your review. Our leadership team in tech and employees are aligned in striving to create a great work environment where people do challenging and purposeful work. We are unified in our efforts to continue to build an environment that is supportive, nurturing and good for business. We want you to feel empowered to speak to your manager if you feel the need to get involved in more challenging work.

4.0

Dec 15, 2021

Good company

Editorial assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good work-life balance, flexible working, no micromanagement

Cons

Not much opportunity to progress, performance evaluations are vague and inconsistent, salary increases minimal, vague info surrounding gender pay gap issues

5.0

Dec 8, 2021

Amazing Culture

Sales manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing work environment, Employee perks, Transparent and growth culture

Cons

Flat organization sometimes you end up doing the same role for a decade

Elsevier Response

4y

Thank you for your review. Through organizational commitment, we take a combined approach to our people's growth and professional development strategies. We empower our people 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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