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 (19) , 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 296 reviews)); "You get the chance to work with great people that are very driven and know their subject area very well." ((in 154 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 143 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 53 reviews)); "Good work/life balance and good opportunities for career progression." ((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 98 reviews)); "the pay is low but everything else was great" ((in 85 reviews)); "Management on the corporate side is poor with very little business development experience." ((in 80 reviews)); "level and higher managers result in poor leadership and decision" ((in 57 reviews)); "Bad managers aren't re" ((in 51 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

78% would recommend to a friend

(2,190 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 2,190 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

Jan 3, 2010

elsevier is overall a strong company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great people, everyone is very smart. a lot of dedication and belief behind what we do. strong camaderie among folks in the team. depending on group you're in laid back culture

Cons

large bureacractic organization. everyone and their mother has to be involved in a decision. slow to react, certain aspects of the business are conservative and not willing to change. need for new blood in the company.

4.0

May 27, 2009

Overall a good company but my supervisor was terrible.

Publisher's sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company has really has superior products. The benefits were great and in general the senior management seemed competent and supportive.

Cons

My direct supervisor had terrible people skills and was awful to work for.

1.0

Jul 2, 2026

Good company but nosedived in stability and support for families

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Overall a good company to work for Talented colleagues

Cons

* Gone downhill recently in terms of stability * Shifted focus from providing flexible working with good work life balance to rolling out downright hostile family unfriendly policies where you won't be allowed to leave the office even for pickup/drop offs for kids. The kind of words leaders are using to force people into the office genuinely gives a bad impression of where the management and the company is heading. * Managers are being extremely insensitive with their teams to force them back to work one way or another by disregarding their genuine concerns. * Career progression is nearly non existent * You'd barely notice salary increases regardless of how good you perform. * Over estimating the use of AI to a point where they'd rather have 10 agents and 1 human employee

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