Elsevier reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(2,187 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 2,187 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
4.0
Feb 2, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

-Great benefits. -Competitive pay. -The people are smart and hard working and always trying to improve the business by any means necessary, despite limited resources. -They do tend to promote from within at a decent rate. -Very supportive atmosphere.

Cons

-limited technology resources. -tend to spread resources too thin as they develop experience. -very corporate/quite office atmosphere. -a little catty between departments. -very slow project development in all departments.

3.0
Jan 26, 2014

Working for Elsevier has opened my eyes!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Thirtysix hour week - Good Work / Live Balance - Parttime work for mothers possible - The holidays are sufficient in combination with ATVs - Flextime working - International work environment (colleagues from all over the world as well as customers)

Cons

- Low compensation - Insufficient budget for training - There are no career growth opportunities - The promotion process is not transparent - There is cronyism

3.0
Jan 23, 2014

You could do worse

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Decent benefits * Some good processes in place * Generally enough resources to do work * Generally good work/life balance in my department

Cons

* Lots of politics * Infighting and silos can make it difficult to achieve * Some favoritism and nepotism resulting in some incompetent leadership * Strategy and directions not always clearly communicated

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