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 2% 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 4.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 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 (20) , 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 279 reviews)); "You get the chance to work with great people that are very driven and know their subject area very well." ((in 158 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 137 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 54 reviews)); "flexible schedule, work from home, stable company" ((in 42 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 97 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 46 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.

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Elsevier reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(2,185 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

90% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Work/Life balance

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Culture & values

3.6

Senior management

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

Elsevier has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,185 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

4.0

Oct 31, 2017

Great culture, nice people, office in central London, latest technologies

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great culture, office and people - Company is using latest technologies

Cons

Management have a lot of bigger picture goals and ideas, but they struggle to specify a clear road-map with clear goals and tasks to do for short periods of time

Elsevier Response

Thank you for your review. We take our goals and ideas seriously at Elsevier because we know they are critical to our organization’s success. Also, we always make employees feel they have a stake in the success of our organization and that speaking up and addressing concerns is a collective responsibility. If you feel bigger goals and ideas lack a clear road-map for you and some others in your team, business unit or location, we suggest that you discuss this with your manager directly and help to see how best to change things.

2.0

Oct 3, 2017

Unappreciative of their talent and unwilling to admit their mistakes

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible hours and work at home options, generous with vacation, sick and personal time. Not a lot of micromanaging.

Cons

Not even close to competitive with pay. Health benefits get worse every year. Outsourcing many jobs and not backfilling people that leave voluntarily. Poor product planning and bad technology development has led to a lack of execution and created a hostile environment for both employees and customers.

3.0

Sep 5, 2017

nice bunch, but slooooow

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

people, flexible working, local, good support

Cons

slow to get ANYTHING done

Elsevier Response

Thanks for your review. By now, you must be aware of our efforts and focus on speed in everything we do. A global organization of our size will always try to get things right the first time. For some, this may feel slow. However, Elsevier is doing an incredible amount of work to get the balance right.

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