Is Elsevier a good company to work for?

Elsevier has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 2,537 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 291 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 139 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 57 reviews)); "Customers shows lot of respect to the company good work culture" ((in 41 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 99 reviews)); "The pay is low and does not increase by much each year" ((in 89 reviews)); "Management on the corporate side is poor with very little business development experience." ((in 80 reviews)); "There are also bad managers and seemingly no easy way to reduce their impact on the staff for whom they are responsible." ((in 51 reviews)); "level and higher managers result in poor leadership and decision" ((in 50 reviews))

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What are the top reviewed Elsevier locations?

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Elsevier reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(2,192 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 2,192 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

3.0

Oct 17, 2021

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Community manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

chance to build and have big impact

Cons

tech products are not too exciting

Elsevier Response

4y

Thank you for leaving your review.

4.0

Oct 13, 2021

Overall Great workplace

Publishing assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Well structured, organized company with great employee benefits. -Open, flexible, respectful culture. Everyone is free to share their thoughts and ideas. -Helpful colleagues who are willing to takeover when you are away; other teams are also able to help in case your own team is in need of more hands.

Cons

-Onboarding needs to be more organized. Training should be prepared for. The buddy system for training does not work if the trainer goes away for vacation during the initial months. Software team is a bit slow in regards to fixing new hire accounts.

Elsevier Response

4y

Thank you very much for your feedback. We have shared your feedback with our onboarding team. We are striving to make our onboarding experience seamless for new joiners. So, your feedback is timely. Again, thank you.

3.0

Oct 12, 2021

ORF Executive

Orf executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Employee friendly policies - Good compensation - Variable pay and other incentives

Cons

- Ego centric management - Useless HR

Elsevier Response

4y

Thank you for your review. We are disappointed to hear that you are not happy with parts of our organization. We want all our people to thrive and feel heard. We also encourage them to feel empowered to raise any ongoing issues or concerns with their managers. We hope you can discuss any ongoing issues with your manager or if you prefer, feel free to reach out to us at elseviergdrev@elsevier.com to provide more information.

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