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

4.0

Jul 30, 2013

Nice people - bad progression

Editorial assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lovely place to work with interesting and challenging projects

Cons

Pay is very low, need to make more opportunities available to those who are capable not just to those employees who happen to have been there the longest. You have to fight to get good projects to work on and there not enough training available for development. HR are pretty much non-existent. They welcome you on your first day and you won't see them again. Organization mapping is confusing - it'd be better to have a manager who is familiar with the work you do and can actually provide a step-up.

4.0

Dec 22, 2012

Disappointing

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are wonderful. Pay is fair but other companies pay more for the same job.

Cons

Management shows favorites to whiners while people who do the work get stuck in their positions because they do it too well. Unprofessional leadership and policies always changing and not communicated well within the front line people. They survive on micromanagement.

3.0

May 16, 2012

Constant State of Flux

Acquisitions editor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Each group has its own culture, and there are some great, supportive, smart managers in S&T Books * Some groups have opportunities for growth * Pretty solid benefits package

Cons

During four years at Elsevier, the organization was in a constant state of flux. This is a tricky time for book publishing, but the overall strategy of the organization is dictated almost entirely by sr. management for the group and the CEO types in Amsterdam, so editors, publishers, and middle management are constantly shifting direction in mid-sprint. S&T books is experiencing some big changes, and Elsevier is very eager to become an e-content provider. This will mean a lot of layoffs (and attrition) in the next year or more, but potentially also some opportunities for innovators--although don't expect to be allotted resources for innovations.

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