Elsevier reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(2,189 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

91% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

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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2.0
Jun 25, 2016

Technical Support Specialist

Anonymous employee
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Pros

If you get hired instead of remaining a contractor for years you some personal time and a few vacation days

Cons

Upper Management has no idea what is going on with their customer base or how to win customer loyalty, their profits are falling at an unbelievable rate because of this.

1.0
Jun 23, 2016

Run Away! QUICKLY!

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Pros

They have a 37.5 hour work week. Of course, if you are salaried you will never see that kind of work week and will get nothing additional for the time. They offer 2 RE Cares days where you can volunteer time and not have to use your vacation days. They also give 3 weeks vacation after 2 years of service. However, there will be no one to cover your workload for those days, so you'll still have to do all the work. It makes people not want to use their time off.

Cons

No direction at all. Your goals for the year are not even set until March, and even then, your manager will tell you to come up with some on your own. Those should be driven straight from the top down the the lowest level of employee. Every single goal should be supporting your superior's goals, not something you make up on your own after 25% of the year has passed. Management is very out of touch with employees. An employee opinion survey revealed results so far below the average a task force had to be formed to address it. Jobs are being sent to Manila on a regular basis. The company has lost so many people in the last few years they are now forced to sublet 1 of 3 floors of the building that they moved into just 7 years ago. They only offer a high deductible plan for health insurance. When they moved to that, the drop in the premiums was no where near enough to cover the increase in your out of pocket costs. Plan to put aside a hefty amount of your salary to cover everything the plan does not. Take this job if you cannot find anywhere else to work, but for no other reason.

3.0
Jun 19, 2016

Lack of Growth

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Pros

Flexible schedule Work from home opportunities Willing to provide new technology as the technology in the field changes

Cons

Lack of growth in most departments lack of opportunities for current employees Very "Corporate Politics" environment Human Resources does not support employees Retaliation from Management for contacting Human Resources Lack of accountability for lower performing workers.

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