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?

79% 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) , Marketing (18) , Software Engineer III (18) , Data Scientist (16)

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

"Flexibility and good work/life balance" ((in 284 reviews)); "You get the chance to work with great people that are very driven and know their subject area very well." ((in 164 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 139 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 54 reviews)); "Customers shows lot of respect to the company good work culture" ((in 40 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 95 reviews)); "the pay is low but everything else was great" ((in 91 reviews)); "Management on the corporate side is poor with very little business development experience." ((in 81 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.

Elsevier reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(2,188 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

91% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

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Elsevier has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,188 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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

5.0

Jan 30, 2024

Comprehensive Wellbeing for employees

Clinical solutions account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

An excellent employer with an exciting portfolio and considerable movement and tiers within the business . An excellent reputation in providing world class content

Cons

None at this point in time

Elsevier Response

2y

Many thanks for your review.

5.0

Jan 29, 2024

Best place

Content development specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility, support, work life balance

Cons

Little career progress opportunities present

Elsevier Response

2y

Many thanks for your review. Through organizational commitment, we take a combined approach to our people's growth and professional development strategies. We empower our people and provide them with resources and opportunities to manage their career development.

3.0

Jan 28, 2024

Elsevier - Principal Data Scientist

Principal data scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

L&D Interesting projects once in a while Absorb cutting edge research Intent of people is strong Sophisticated LLM integrated applications

Cons

ML infra weak ML in practice is not as mature

Elsevier Response

2y

Thanks for your review.

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