Elsevier reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(2,187 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

90% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

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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1.0
Aug 22, 2016

Not what they pretend to be

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexible working Nice working environment (if your lucky) Competitive salary Onsight Restaurant

Cons

bureaucratic Management uncaring Highly political environment Some work locations terrible (hot, cramped and tatty) HR policies propose to protect employees, but in reality its PR Allow sexism, racism and bullying in the workplace Get rid of them using lawyers culture

1.0
Nov 5, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Colleagues, without any doubt. From assistant to managing director, all have been to university and have interesting lives. There is genuine interest to do and deliver the best work possible, despite the really unclear and seemingly feeble instructions from senior management.

Cons

The number of times I sat in a meeting where we were all asking "but what does Ron actually mean with that, can somebody check?" are uncountable. And the answer to that question is always "I think he means this...., I've asked him and his strategy director and they both say the same". Raised eyebrows, and responses like "really? Don't they know that our customers actually have asked us for something completely different?" are not uncommon either..

2.0
Sep 22, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The pros mostly comprise of non-professional perks such as the following: - In-building gym with showers - Such a large company, people won't really notice if you don't show up - Company pays for your phone usage and hardly questions phone abuse - Easy to be mediocre as there are so many people and you can hide behind the corporation - The main perk I hear from people who still work there is that it's so flexible, you can come and go as you please since no know really notices anything, you can travel, spend their money... it's hard to leave this kind of freedom even though people actually don't enjoy working here

Cons

- The typical corporate environment (could be a pro if you like this type of work force) - High number of mediocre people, which was surprising to me seeing that there are many people with high educations (I guess it goes to show that where you graduated from doesn't mean you have skills) - The products provided were pretty boring (of course this is just my opinion, but I would rather work for a company I'm actually passionate about) - Management... haha... well, let's just say it was a Con - The location at Sloterdijk station is depressing

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