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

2.0

Jan 9, 2018

Worst Manager and Worthless HR

Conference content executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Office Environment, Everything is very structured, Only forpeople who can no career goals

Cons

Saturated company, Micromanaging, Unempathetic, No career growth

2.0

Nov 14, 2017

Sales

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible schedule when not traveling. Not too micromanaged. Vacation is two weeks, but I negotiated for 3.

Cons

Extremely disorganized. Poor training. The worst training I have seen. Goals werenot even released until September for the current calendar year. Software updates and changes are released too early so always apologizing to customer for technical issues. Reps are not even trained on new product sometimes before it is released. I thought it would be a great job, before I took it. Looked good on paper I constantly regretted leaving my previous job. In one year I had 3 bosses. I was never paid my bonus that I counted on when I took the job so I earned less than I thought I would.

4.0

Jul 24, 2017

Global Project Manager

Global project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Large company, lot of opportunities, good resources.

Cons

Can be slow to adapt.

Elsevier Response

Thank you for your review. At Elsevier, any adaptation is usually swift especially if it has no major consequences or doesn’t require a lot of thoughts. However, adaptations that may affect the lives of others or change the course of things are usually given careful consideration. They require decisions that are unique and important. So, conscious thinking, information gathering, and careful consideration of alternatives are considered. In some cases, we agree that this may feel like a slow process of adaptation to some of our employees. Hence, we are looking at and addressing how best to speed up the adaptation process within our organization.

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