Elsevier reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(2,189 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

90% approve of CEO

75% 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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2K reviews
2.0
Aug 6, 2015

Acquisitions Editor

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Large, prestigious company Excellent legacy product line Opportunity to get large budgets for product development

Cons

Monopolistic control of markets poses ethical issues for employees Deeply dysfunctional organization at all levels---problems emanating from Amsterdam HQ Culture mismatch between global offices (see above) Utter lack of vision for electronic product development--always playing catch up on e-products of all sorts, but especially mobile

3.0
Aug 4, 2015

count on yearly re-orgs

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, stable company, good benefits (but low base salaries)

Cons

Revolving door of senior leadership resulting in almost yearly re-orgs. They pay lip service to innovation but never really change.

3.0
Aug 4, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Elsevier by far has some of the best Allied Health and Nursing Curriculum in the market. They have a well known and trusted brand.

Cons

I knew before joining Elsevier, they had a reputation for bad customer service. When I joined them this was confirmed. They also sell products and services before they are available in the market misleading customers. They also drive away top talent instead of fine tuning them and giving them the time, skills and commitment to be successful.

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