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 2% 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, 4.3 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 (20) , 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 281 reviews)); "You get the chance to work with great people that are very driven and know their subject area very well." ((in 161 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 143 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 57 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 99 reviews)); "The pay is low and does not increase by much each year" ((in 85 reviews)); "Management on the corporate side is poor with very little business development experience." ((in 81 reviews)); "level and higher managers result in poor leadership and decision" ((in 52 reviews)); "There are also bad managers and seemingly no easy way to reduce their impact on the staff for whom they are responsible." ((in 49 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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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

4.0

Jan 7, 2013

Stable, occasionally innovative, well-intentioned market leader - but you'll have to fight for time career development

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Large, stable (in aggregate), international - both by office location and outlook. Genuine commitment to accelerating science and health outcomes. Employees have deep backgrounds and expertise in our markets (science/health). Generally a fair and considerate place of work.

Cons

Slow to change and to move. A silo'd organisation (functionally). You have to take full responsibility for your own career development. In spite of best intentions, Elsevier is often the lightning rod for complaints about the system of academic publishing.

2.0

Jan 3, 2013

A steady job with decent benefits but little opportunity for professional development.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I work at a subsidiary of Elsevier. The salary is competitive for an editorial position. The benefits are decent. The company is relatively frugal but does not seem to have layoffs.

Cons

My subsidiary, Elsevier Business Intelligence, has been part of Elsevier for more than 15 years, but little has been done to integrate our operations into the rest of the company. I do not see any real opportunities to move to other parts of the larger company, and very few people have been promoted even within my own division in the past five years. The HR representation is generally unresponsive and apathetic. Our subsidiary's leadership is in another office in another state, and we are typically kept in the dark about what's going on with the company. Leadership visits to our office of approximately 35 employees are rare, as are company status conference calls that at one time were supposed to be quarterly.

4.0

Dec 31, 2012

The experience with the company depends on the team you're working in - so far, so good.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Industry leader with good products and people.

Cons

Have issue with management culture - consistently changing the organization, ineffective in decision making.

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