Elsevier reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(2,181 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

91% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Elsevier has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,181 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
1.0
Aug 31, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You will work with really amazing, smart, collaborative, teammates. You will have the opportunity to work with a lot of different people (because of the turnover). And if you're in tech like me, you will get snacks.

Cons

You will be overlooked unless you are one of the favorites. You will not be able to easily switch teams for a better opportunity because management has a petty turf war and their bosses and bosses' bosses don't pay attention. You will work tirelessly in 50 and 60 hour weeks and be asked why you're not contributing more. If you face sexism, harassment, or racism, you will be told not to report it because you will ruin the status quo and if you go ahead and report it anyway you will be pushed out of the team. And you will be underpaid, have terrible benefits, and be treated like a replaceable drone.

2.0
Mar 27, 2018

Company with an Identity Crisis

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible Work Hours. Between decent VPN software and communication tools that enable meetings to occur across the globe folks can generally work where its most convienent, though this can lead to issues when abused. The company has noble intentions. Ultimately it shouldnt be ignored that Elsevier is legitimately trying to improve healthcare across the world through their products and content. Decent Vacation Packages. The nice 'pro' of working for a European company is the importance put on time off for vacation and getting away from things for a while.

Cons

The company is clearly going through a transitional period where its core competencies are coming into question. The print business isn't going to see better days so the company has 'reinvented itself' as a information analytics firm. This is seen as a joke in many circles as this was largely a change in title only. New products that are intended to provide lifelines to the company's long term success come out half baked or are delayed, often leading to leadership turnover due to consistent poor performance. This can largely be perceived as growing pains of the transition though, the weak leaders are getting weeded out. Unfortunately those individuals tend to reside in higher roles. However, the real con of working here was the open office concept that now dominates the offices. No assigned seating and no offices mean you share space and equipment with unknown amounts of individuals, which was a real joy to experience during this past flu season. Oh, and did I mention that since there are no offices it means that senior leadership is nowhere to be found on most days as they are mostly working from home? Because that is a thing now too.

1.0
Sep 4, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not a "Pro" to be found-

Cons

A complete senior leadership crisis! Operations are running the show across the corporate brands and constantly move the goal posts. Sales professionals are dismissed and set up for failure instead of success. Blatant disrespect for employees is a daily guarantee and not random one off occurrences.

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