Elsevier reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(2,190 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

91% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Elsevier has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,190 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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4.0
Aug 15, 2017

Generally a great place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible work schedule Strong people development culture Clear company direction Freedom to be innovative and to make decisions

Cons

As it continually grows larger and more successful, the increasing pressure to keep it up may mean ruthless decisions need to be made at the expense of employees

2.0
Aug 9, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good people to work with as colleagues Fair benefits that are comprehensive Large company and would be a good place to work for in Philadelphia or New York

Cons

Leadership changes too often for an real progress to made. Further the leadership that is put in place is not supportive of its employees

1.0
Aug 8, 2017

If only management had been effective...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefits, interesting work, and mostly on-par starting salaries with other players in the same industry.

Cons

Substantial raises and promotions were extremely hard to come by (unless you call a 2% raise after a year's worth of 50-60 hour weeks of hard work "substantial"). One could work their tail off for a year under the false premise of a forth-coming promotion for the next year (installed 4 MONTHS after start of Q1), only to be told in Q4 that management had decided to change course and not provide the promotion that had been all but promised. I saw repeat examples of management failing to coach ineffective employees, failing to let go and replace folks who were destroying their respective departments, and other managers who harbored significant favoritism within departments--providing growth opportunities to some who scantily deserved them, while denying those same opportunities to others who truly did deserve them. I witnessed managers committing basic HR errors such as promoting sexist attitudes and discussing religion and personal issues during the course of a business meetings, and not being held accountable after HR department was notified.

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