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 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Elsevier?

78% of Elsevier employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Elsevier 4.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 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) , Software Engineer III (20) , Marketing (18) , Data Scientist (16)

What are the pros of working at Elsevier according to real employee reviews?

"Flexibility and good work/life balance" ((in 291 reviews)); "You get the chance to work with great people that are very driven and know their subject area very well." ((in 159 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 135 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 57 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 90 reviews)); "The pay is low and does not increase by much each year" ((in 85 reviews)); "Management on the corporate side is poor with very little business development experience." ((in 82 reviews)); "level and higher managers result in poor leadership and decision" ((in 58 reviews)); "Bad managers aren't re" ((in 52 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.

Elsevier reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(2,192 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

91% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

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Elsevier has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,192 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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

4.0

Oct 31, 2017

Senior Manager, Strategy

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, flexible work environment, opportunity to travel

Cons

Not always the opportunity for advancement.

4.0

Oct 31, 2017

Great culture, nice people, office in central London, latest technologies

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great culture, office and people - Company is using latest technologies

Cons

Management have a lot of bigger picture goals and ideas, but they struggle to specify a clear road-map with clear goals and tasks to do for short periods of time

Elsevier Response

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Thank you for your review. We take our goals and ideas seriously at Elsevier because we know they are critical to our organization’s success. Also, we always make employees feel they have a stake in the success of our organization and that speaking up and addressing concerns is a collective responsibility. If you feel bigger goals and ideas lack a clear road-map for you and some others in your team, business unit or location, we suggest that you discuss this with your manager directly and help to see how best to change things.

3.0

Oct 31, 2017

Reorganisation ahead but for financial reasons not the customer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice office environment, great colleagues, profession business

Cons

Mismanaged - Products go live but with a lack of continuous improvement to deliver for the customer. Little or no connection between senior management and those working hard to deliver. Only the noisy ones get heard. Only managers get further training. Long term employees dont! Losing author trust. Having a clear view of your sales forecast, agreements closed, opportunities won/lost is't transparent

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