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
4.0
Sep 28, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Elsevier operates in a stable market and is very employee centric. I began working with them after they acquired my company and I feel like I’ve ended up in good hands.

Cons

Big ships turn slow and that is certainly the case with Elsevier. They are slow to adopt new tactics and adjust to trends. They also operate lean and if not for the culture I’d certainly be looking for equivalent jobs with more competitive pay.

1.0
Sep 11, 2023

Hated it

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay but that's it

Cons

Everything about the place is rotten

2.0
Apr 9, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good work/life balance in certain parts of the organization. Elsevier has a culture of "doing the right thing", reinforced by current CEO.

Cons

Extremely political environment. Misaligned goals between teams and departments drives a lot of inefficiency. Strong direction from C-Suite gets lost and mutated in the middle-management layer.

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