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) , Marketing (18) , Software Engineer III (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 164 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 139 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 54 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 95 reviews)); "the pay is low but everything else was great" ((in 91 reviews)); "Management on the corporate side is poor with very little business development experience." ((in 81 reviews)); "level and higher managers result in poor leadership and decision" ((in 54 reviews)); "There are also bad managers and seemingly no easy way to reduce their impact on the staff for whom they are responsible." ((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

79% would recommend to a friend

(2,188 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

91% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

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Elsevier has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,188 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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2K reviews

5.0

Mar 31, 2016

amazing company

Office manager/executive assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Terrific company and brilliant management team - great opportunities for growth!

Cons

I have zero negative things to say about this company, it's great!

2.0

Mar 30, 2016

Worker

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Good benefits, generous vacation time, flexible work hours, paid holidays. Good benefits, generous vacation time, flexible work hours, paid holidays.

Cons

Micromanager, micromanager, micromanager! The culture is very 'Me first', in a 'no matter what you are working on, or what your delivery dates are, drop everything and work on my stuff first.' At Elsevier whoever screams the loudest gets their work done first. Everyone else suffers. This is not a healthy environment.

1.0

Mar 17, 2016

Management needs changing

Product management

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of good people in the ranks of the company. Good overall vision and strategy.

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Culture is very focused on churning out hundreds of strategy presentations in ever increasing granularity. Year on year there is a need to produce new ideas, but in the end little investment is forthcoming and most are scrapped. Repeated sales re-organisations have led to a lack of continuity and ability to sell our more complex product offerings. In eCommerce and marketing we lag sorely behind competition. The second layer of management under Mobed is shaky at best and under confident.

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