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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

4.0

Aug 14, 2015

Team manager

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible times, supportive enviroment, good quality people

Cons

career advancement is slow, big corporation so processes take time

1.0

Aug 12, 2015

Office of CME: Lack of ethics and leadership

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible hours, Office of CME spends a lot of money (no budget) so office perks are good (not salary)

Cons

Complete lack of ethics and leadership from the director. They would absolutely lose their accreditation for the faulty reports they issue.

4.0

Aug 12, 2015

Great established company with over 100 years of publishing

Senior solutions consultant (saas)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Tons of flexibility and travel if you like that. Good management at the VP and Regional Manager Level especially in Sales. Customer relationships are key, so if you like people and do a lot of relationship selling this is a great place to work.

Cons

New MD on Sales side has changed comp plans and as we all know, compensation drives behavior. Upper management and CEO seem a bit out of touch with the market. Moving away from trying to understand customer needs and more into product focused selling.

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