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?

79% 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 290 reviews)); "You get the chance to work with great people that are very driven and know their subject area very well." ((in 168 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 148 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 47 reviews)); "Work from home and flexible hours" ((in 36 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 93 reviews)); "Management on the corporate side is poor with very little business development experience." ((in 85 reviews)); "There are also bad managers and seemingly no easy way to reduce their impact on the staff for whom they are responsible." ((in 55 reviews)); "level and higher managers result in poor leadership and decision" ((in 54 reviews)); "Senior Management has completely lost touch with reality." ((in 32 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

(2,189 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

91% approve of CEO

76% 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 2,189 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

3.0

Aug 29, 2016

Really depends on where you are

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Overall this is a great company to work for. It's an industry leader, good strategic direction and great work culture.

Cons

Some divisions and senior managers are deplorable, especially where the attention to cost-savings can be excruciating. Bad managers aren't re-mediated.

5.0

Aug 24, 2016

An Awesome Place to Work

Senior project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A Breeding Ground for Dinosaurs! Just love this place how they pamper their employees. Very employee centric company with great professionals to work along with. Very good culture driven company which provides excellent opportunities to individuals to grow. Opportunity to work Interdepartment and get placed on desired roles through internal placement was awesome. Even if you are placed in a wrong profile during your initial stage of your career, you can still correct it by attending internal interviews and getting placed on your dream profile.

Cons

Indianized management - During the start of the organization, it had great work culture (Dutch) and we had many foreign managers (even at the top level) who drive the organization with a lot of values and principles. However, in due course of time, as soon as they left the organization, the organization become more and more Indianized (with Indian managers) who had their own ideologies changed the organization's culture, which was really sad!

1.0

Aug 22, 2016

Not what they pretend to be

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

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

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