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 4.5 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 280 reviews)); "You get the chance to work with great people that are very driven and know their subject area very well." ((in 167 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 140 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 56 reviews)); "Customers shows lot of respect to the company good work culture" ((in 39 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 92 reviews)); "The pay is low and does not increase by much each year" ((in 92 reviews)); "Management on the corporate side is poor with very little business development experience." ((in 86 reviews)); "level and higher managers result in poor leadership and decision" ((in 57 reviews)); "There are also bad managers and seemingly no easy way to reduce their impact on the staff for whom they are responsible." ((in 51 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

(2,189 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

90% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

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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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2K reviews

2.0

Sep 25, 2015

Good place for brown-nosers

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salary, vacation days. Good people at the worker level.

Cons

If you're intelligent, competent, accountable, and creative, you will not succeed here. The company encourages mediocrity, being a yes-man (or woman), and brown-nosing. Independent, creative thinkers need not apply. It's assembly-line work, regardless of your role. Employees and customers are both seen as necessary evils. Don't speak up about inferior products or poor customer service. They have no interest in fixing issues - just silencing you.

2.0

Sep 24, 2015

Okay Company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance, cool co workers, & great learning opportunities

Cons

Poor leadership & does not promote professional development. Leadership recites information & does not do their research

2.0

Sep 22, 2015

Product Manager - A lot of PhDs, but not a lot of brains

Senior implementation manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The pros mostly comprise of non-professional perks such as the following: - In-building gym with showers - Such a large company, people won't really notice if you don't show up - Company pays for your phone usage and hardly questions phone abuse - Easy to be mediocre as there are so many people and you can hide behind the corporation - The main perk I hear from people who still work there is that it's so flexible, you can come and go as you please since no know really notices anything, you can travel, spend their money... it's hard to leave this kind of freedom even though people actually don't enjoy working here

Cons

- The typical corporate environment (could be a pro if you like this type of work force) - High number of mediocre people, which was surprising to me seeing that there are many people with high educations (I guess it goes to show that where you graduated from doesn't mean you have skills) - The products provided were pretty boring (of course this is just my opinion, but I would rather work for a company I'm actually passionate about) - Management... haha... well, let's just say it was a Con - The location at Sloterdijk station is depressing

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