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 (19) , 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 284 reviews)); "You get the chance to work with great people that are very driven and know their subject area very well." ((in 161 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 134 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 50 reviews)); "Customers shows lot of respect to the company good work culture" ((in 38 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 100 reviews)); "The pay is low and does not increase by much each year" ((in 93 reviews)); "Management on the corporate side is poor with very little business development experience." ((in 84 reviews)); "level and higher managers result in poor leadership and decision" ((in 55 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.

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Elsevier reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(2,190 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

91% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

Work/Life balance

4.2

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 2,190 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

1.0

Aug 1, 2017

The Sales Organization is/was Toxic.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Elsevier produces high quality solutions for its customers. Lots of great people amongst the rank & file. Senior Leadership is another story altogether.

Cons

See Title of this review. The result of micromanagement, cronyism, incompetence, dishonesty and lack of respect for people. I understand the SVP of Sales was replaced a few months ago. That is a start. It will take time and the right leadership to undue all that was destroyed over 3 years to create an environment of mutual trust/respect for people that was once the true hallmark of a successful RELX Group company.

3.0

Aug 1, 2017

Exceptional Content with Poor Leadership

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent content, trusted brand, and experienced editorial staff.

Cons

Much of Upper Management is out of touch with their employees, and customer markets. They want to apply business rules from their MBAs, without deep knowledge of variances need: i.e. access models, pricing, and contracts, to all of the global customer markets. In final few years, I saw incompetence and underperformance, as well as disrespect, tolerated. Customer experience and satisfaction are no longer high priority.

3.0

Jul 30, 2017

Working Conditions worsening

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Market Leader in industry Modern infrastructure in industry

Cons

Promotions given to management's pets and not those who could work. Letting go of too many knowledgeable staffs, while bringing in incapable people (Far too) frequent restructuring which brings instability. Puts work life balance on the lips but nothing like this in reality.

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