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, 4.2 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 (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 293 reviews)); "You get the chance to work with great people that are very driven and know their subject area very well." ((in 165 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 136 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 48 reviews)); "Good work/life balance and good opportunities for career progression." ((in 37 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 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 53 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)); "Senior Management has completely lost touch with reality." ((in 30 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

4.2

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 2,182 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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1.0

Mar 14, 2011

Elsevier harbors an environment constantly feeling you position is expendable

Anonymous employee

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Business Outlook

Pros

Income and benefits were comparable to industry average. Product line is impressive and company size gives it a strong market footprint.

Cons

Entire departments came and went over the years keeping those left with a feeling of uncertainty. Management concentrated on the present only with little vision towards the future. Care of employees was minimal and security of position was alway in question regardless of performance.

1.0

Feb 4, 2011

Very disappointing - a lot of of talk, but no walk

Human resources manager

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Beneftis and time off. Decent offices.

Cons

Way too disorganized and dysfunctional. The company talks a great game, but treats their employees like numbers and refers to them as managing "resources". Allows a culture of silos and fiefdoms to self perpetuate with no clear business plan and constant reorging. Classic hamster on the wheel going no where fast situation.

3.0

Jan 5, 2011

MedAI/Elsevier is a good company to work for if you live close to the Orlando office.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

MedAI/Elsevier is a company is always on the cutting edge of forecasting data modeling. It is an exciting field to be in and if I had been able to move to Orlando I would still be employed there. The company is in a constant expanding mode of 20% for the last 5 years and actively works at growing the company. The main objective of the company is to improve their current products, invent new products that will eventually replace the current products and constantly go after new customers while keeping currently customers happy. The president of the company is a former sales person and she know how to grow a company.

Cons

The downside of MedAI/Elsevier is that they are becoming management heavy. They will have a Program/Project Manager over two people. In some cases these people have never actually been managers and that really can be a problem as they can not deal with problems with in team dynamics.

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