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 (21) , 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 285 reviews)); "You get the chance to work with great people that are very driven and know their subject area very well." ((in 157 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 137 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 57 reviews)); "Great Exposure and work culture." ((in 34 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 102 reviews)); "The pay is low and does not increase by much each year" ((in 82 reviews)); "Management on the corporate side is poor with very little business development experience." ((in 77 reviews)); "level and higher managers result in poor leadership and decision" ((in 52 reviews)); "There are also bad managers and seemingly no easy way to reduce their impact on the staff for whom they are responsible." ((in 50 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

(2,188 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 2,188 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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2K reviews

5.0

Nov 16, 2014

Good development prospects

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Plenty of training, lots of emphasis on "extra curricular" activities such as charity work or external courses.

Cons

It's such a vast company that everyone works in a silo & much work is duplicated.

1.0

May 20, 2011

Journals publisher that knows nothing about books publishing, and values it even less.

Development editor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great colleagues at lower levels, pride in the quality of the content produced, people take personal responsibility for maintaining high standards in the face of these being eroded by falling production values and the deep rift between Editorial and Operations silos.

Cons

The (obviously essential) rush towards eReader and online books is not being properly resourced. Staff without requisite training being dumped with the workload, despite deep staff cuts and without any reduction in their existing work. Management make sudden and unplanned demands for information and analysis from commissioning staff but don't reduce commissioning expectations, while seeming to make no progress towards effective solutions to the IT challenges of the move to e-pub. Operations cut service levels to editorial groups, state that there is no loss of quality, and noone in management calls them on it.

1.0

Mar 14, 2011

Elsevier harbors an environment constantly feeling you position is expendable

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Income and benefits were comparable to industry average. Product line is impressive and company size gives it a strong market footprint.

Cons

Entire departments came and went over the years keeping those left with a feeling of uncertainty. Management concentrated on the present only with little vision towards the future. Care of employees was minimal and security of position was alway in question regardless of performance.

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