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 288 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 55 reviews)); "Customers shows lot of respect to the company good work culture" ((in 33 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 93 reviews)); "The pay is low and does not increase by much each year" ((in 90 reviews)); "Management on the corporate side is poor with very little business development experience." ((in 82 reviews)); "level and higher managers result in poor leadership and decision" ((in 56 reviews)); "There are also bad managers and seemingly no easy way to reduce their impact on the staff for whom they are responsible." ((in 53 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

1.0

Jul 26, 2017

Great company, poor management

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good company benefit schemes Good location for both driving and catching public transport Always parking, whatever time you get in

Cons

Poor, rude and untrustworthy managers Poorly structured internal review/feedback process

Elsevier Response

Thanks for your review. It's unfortunate to know that this is how you feel about some managers. This is not the kind of working environment that we want for our employees. We are fully committed to creating a fair and equitable work environment for our people. Our workforce of over 7,600 employees globally has an average length of service of 9.2 years. We want to keep things this way because our people are our strength. We are always training our people managers and we will continue to do this. However, if you feel you can help by providing any further feedback, you can send it anonymously through elseviergdrev@elsevier.com

2.0

May 22, 2017

Sales

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great products and good people to work with.

Cons

Poor organizational structure in both sales and marketing. Marketing should be completely revamped and dead weight eliminated.

3.0

Apr 6, 2017

Frequent Reorganization

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Product teams really share a common vision and are tight knit and want to advance their offering. The people really make Elsevier even though the work might be less-than-inspiring some days. Flexible work/life balance. Home office flexibility based on team. Ability for attending conferences and additional training. Excellent PTO. Health Insurance and benefits compensurate to what you find anywhere these days.

Cons

Frequent reorganization which can be highly distruptive to advancing work. Depending on who your direct leadership is, they can be micromanage-y. Seem to recycle poor performing leaders in organization perhaps due to executive nepotism? I am not sure, but its a theme here. Very difficult to advance unless you are a golden-child of someone at the executive/VP level. Technology services and support of product application is challenging after go-live. They tend to move on to other products with business cases and funding. This presents many challenges as products begin to mature.

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