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 284 reviews)); "You get the chance to work with great people that are very driven and know their subject area very well." ((in 162 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 141 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 94 reviews)); "The pay is low and does not increase by much each year" ((in 94 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 56 reviews)); "There are also bad managers and seemingly no easy way to reduce their impact on the staff for whom they are responsible." ((in 53 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

(2,187 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 2,187 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

Feb 18, 2021

How much is flexibility worth?

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is amazing, though I’m sure it depends on who you report to. But most managers are very flexible it seems. Elsevier tries hard to provide a good working environment and have on site events throughout the year. They’re not that amazing to be honest, but you can tell they’re trying. Vast majority of people, even the Director level and executives are approachable and down to earth.

Cons

The pay is dismal. They do promote from within, a lot. But that’s only if someone leaves. Getting a promotion based on work performance or increased workload happens insanely slow. It literally takes years.

4.0

Jan 31, 2019

Positive environment

Senior strategy analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Large company, can be bureaucratic and risk of working in silos

Cons

Forward thinking, driven, therefore willing to invest in its staff, and tends to be very flexible

Elsevier Response

Thank you for your review. As a global organization, Elsevier is doing an incredible amount of work to promote collaborations and reduce silos. We will continue to do this and we hope you can join your manager and team to play your part in it.

1.0

Jan 27, 2019

Where Talent Goes to Die

Practice update sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

benefits, not including vacation time, are decent; don't work very hard for your check

Cons

company is unable and unwilling to move past its paper publishing roots, practiceupdate and all other digital products are total crap and can't consistently be sold, PU team has no clue how to run a digital media business and wants to hire talent but then has no clue and doesn't care to leverage them properly, management is unwilling or doesn't care to evolve into 21st century media so the company will go down holding onto its publishing roots

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