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 278 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 141 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 52 reviews)); "Customers shows lot of respect to the company good work culture" ((in 38 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 89 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 54 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

4.0

Jul 8, 2015

Overall a good place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Sales position outside of St. Louis home office: Good benefits; living wage salary; good bonus potential; educated, professional client base; variety in daily activities; flexibility for work/life balance

Cons

emphasis shifting to data collection and pipeline metrics - less on face to face customer interaction; must be self motivated; overlapping sales channels for the same clients/markets confusing for customers.

1.0

Jun 25, 2015

Please note: Every review here should be 0 out of 5

Marketing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Some really nice people in the office who are very passionate about their work. - Location: right near public transport, cafes, shopping. - Since the restructuring, some teams have greatly benefited but not others. - Some flexibility e.g. work from home once/week.

Cons

- Immensely high staff turnover. - Company lacks direction and technical capabilities to progress and effectively compete. - Some managers should never have been placed in a management position - I was never given direction or objectives to work towards. - Management would change their mind at the last minute and always took feedback personally. There was constant gossiping and holding back information from other team mates. This created a lot of tension when trying to discuss professional matters. - Management was largely driven by emotions and the mood of the moment rather than make decisions based on facts and figures. - No training and the company put pressure and 100% responsibility on the individual to develop/train, which was difficult when resources were allocated to wasteful product development or training staff were eventually made redundant, rather than being spent on staff who have real potential. - Pay. - Long hours. - Office "cliques" made things uncomfortable and difficult to break down the silos between and within some departments. - VERY bureaucratic, making it impossible to get anything done in a timely and effective manner. - CEO appeared to turn blind eye on senior managements' failings.

2.0

Jun 11, 2015

Editor

Managing editor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Large company, great editorial product

Cons

Unusual corporate culture that is not progressive; company has been bought and sold several times and changed dramatically with each new owner.

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