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

2.0

Aug 9, 2017

Good people but terrible leadership

Customer support supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good people to work with as colleagues Fair benefits that are comprehensive Large company and would be a good place to work for in Philadelphia or New York

Cons

Leadership changes too often for an real progress to made. Further the leadership that is put in place is not supportive of its employees

2.0

Apr 24, 2017

It's a job

Marketing coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fast-pace environment, lots of opportunities for growth, ability to cater work load towards career goals, networking

Cons

High turn over, passive aggressive employees, don't care about you as a person or employee, low pay

1.0

Jun 23, 2016

Run Away! QUICKLY!

Accountant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They have a 37.5 hour work week. Of course, if you are salaried you will never see that kind of work week and will get nothing additional for the time. They offer 2 RE Cares days where you can volunteer time and not have to use your vacation days. They also give 3 weeks vacation after 2 years of service. However, there will be no one to cover your workload for those days, so you'll still have to do all the work. It makes people not want to use their time off.

Cons

No direction at all. Your goals for the year are not even set until March, and even then, your manager will tell you to come up with some on your own. Those should be driven straight from the top down the the lowest level of employee. Every single goal should be supporting your superior's goals, not something you make up on your own after 25% of the year has passed. Management is very out of touch with employees. An employee opinion survey revealed results so far below the average a task force had to be formed to address it. Jobs are being sent to Manila on a regular basis. The company has lost so many people in the last few years they are now forced to sublet 1 of 3 floors of the building that they moved into just 7 years ago. They only offer a high deductible plan for health insurance. When they moved to that, the drop in the premiums was no where near enough to cover the increase in your out of pocket costs. Plan to put aside a hefty amount of your salary to cover everything the plan does not. Take this job if you cannot find anywhere else to work, but for no other reason.

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