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 287 reviews)); "You get the chance to work with great people that are very driven and know their subject area very well." ((in 162 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 138 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?

"the pay is low but everything else was great" ((in 92 reviews)); "We're continued to be asked to develop "world class content" with third world resources and insultingly low salaries." ((in 90 reviews)); "Management on the corporate side is poor with very little business development experience." ((in 78 reviews)); "level and higher managers result in poor leadership and decision" ((in 55 reviews)); "Bad managers aren't re" ((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.

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Elsevier reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(2,189 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

90% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Work/Life balance

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Culture & values

3.6

Senior management

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

3.0

Jan 24, 2019

Running in too many directions

Infrastructure engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits were good, actual local team management was good, the place they want to be is a worthy ambition.

Cons

There was a heavy - and bonus linked - push to modernise, coupled with a lack of resourcing and paucity of actual decisions that slowed down progress to the point where it wasn't possible to do a good job.

Elsevier Response

Thank you for your review. At Elsevier, objectives are set by both employees and their managers. The onus is on both parties to go through, agree on and speak up when these objectives are set. Throughout the year, there are opportunities for both parties to meet and discuss any challenges and agree on updates. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we rely on all our employees including leaders to help the organization's strategy but not at the expense of not doing a good job.

3.0

Jan 24, 2019

Elsevier inc.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible timing. using latest technologies

Cons

its long commute for me

4.0

Jan 22, 2019

Good except for management

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work timings, work at home

Cons

Bad management - office politics are common at every company, but here certain managers tend to treat you differently based on their personal experiences with you. HR is not supportive at all.

Elsevier Response

Thank you for this review. At Elsevier, our people are our strength so we put them first. We are constantly improving our processes. The general culture of Elsevier is supportive as we believe that we are a people-oriented business. However, as a global business with various large business units, we understand that there could be a few challenges. Overall, we are unified in our efforts to continue to build an environment that is collaborative, supportive, nurturing and inclusive. We encourage you to partake in this by identifying other ways to further contribute to these improvement efforts. We encourage you to speak to your manager or if you prefer, contact us anonymously at elseviergdrev@elsevier.com to discuss any issues further.

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