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      4.0

      79% would recommend to a friend

      (2,182 total reviews)

      Kumsal Bayazit

      91% approve of CEO

      76% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.5

      Work/Life balance

      4.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.3

      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 2,182 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
      3.0
      Oct 22, 2011

      Inefficiently global

      Project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Great work life balance - Friendly people

      Cons

      - Projects are too global and become inefficient - No real focus on career development

      2.0
      Oct 14, 2011

      Need to rethink hiring strategies and employee incentive programs

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Good benefits - Some motivated management

      Cons

      - Entrepreneurship is (perhaps inadvertently) discouraged if it comes from non-management; new ideas are not appreciated and get lost in the corporate shuffle. Feeling that you should "know your place." - Low job security - Low morale - Low pay - Sterile buildings - No transparency; always murmurings of changes but little communication. - Promotions are based on "time served" rather than skill level or accomplishments. That, combined with poor employee incentive programs, means there is little motivation to work above and beyond. - Poor strategic decisions from upper management (arbitrary employee title changes meant to give the appearance of "evolving with the times" with no substance behind them, constant re-orgs, and a new project management system designed blindly, without any input from the people who would be using it on a daily basis) - Strategic/organizational decisions are made at a glacial pace and with little communication to non-management.

      3.0
      Oct 4, 2011

      It was very corporate with over 30,000 employees.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The benefits were very good including a pension. There was a lot of international travel to Amsterdam. The US headquarters is located in midtown Manhattan, NYC!

      Cons

      It was very corporate and stuffy, seemingly superficial at times. To save a buck, customer Service for online products was moved to India leaving many people in NYC unemployed.

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