Elsevier reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(2,189 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

91% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Elsevier has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,189 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 Audiovisual y medios de comunicación industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
Sep 25, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

All kinds of products and services

Cons

Politics, micromanagement, data-driven (they don't really understand the customer, only play the models). Top management esp. C-levels are not capable at all. Situation became significantly worse since 2012.

3.0
Aug 28, 2015

Overall good

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work life balance. Excellent offices, technology, resources. Management is pretty approachable and the top execs don't like to hire jerks, from what I've seen.

Cons

The industry is shrinking so compensation is conservative and top-heavy. There is no entry-level program so when a senior position opens up, it is usually filled by a new employee. Basically, there are few opportunities to advance within the company and there is a corresponding high turnover for talented young employees.

2.0
Jun 23, 2015

Potential for greatness but lacking competent upper level management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The vacation/benefits package is typically good Recent move to Agile work environment for product teams

Cons

Upper level management makes incompetent decisions in regards to resourcing and alignment Little to no career development Too strong of a focus on tools instead of communication (ever changing tools)

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