Elsevier Software Developer reviews

4.5

98% would recommend to a friend

(78 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

94% approve of CEO

95% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Elsevier with 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 78 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Elsevier is rated 21% above average by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Audiovisual y medios de comunicación industry (3.7 stars).

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78 reviews
4.0
Oct 13, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Large company that can provide a lot of ancillary benefits; things like mental health sessions, travel assistance, paid volunteer time, etc. Nice company to get your start as a software engineer. They are actively trying to modernize, and become more like the big 5 (FAANG).

Cons

The company is so large that the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. which leads to much inefficiency and cross motivations. Lots of bureaucracy above you. Also because of the way the conversion to FAANG tech stacks and methodologies has gone, some engineers feel like cogs in the machine rather than trusted professionals.

4.0
Jul 3, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great opportunities to learn Always new challenges and experiences to learn Great culture and environment

Cons

Pay is not widely spoken about and more transparency is needed here

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Elsevier Response
6y
Thank you for your review.
3.0
Apr 3, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Time off to do charity work, there is always a lot of job opportunities due to high staff turn-over. Lucrative if a contractor. They talk the talk.

Cons

Poorly paid FTC, salary increase locked to 10% max per year. Authority given to very inexperienced people. Consistently make bad technical decisions. Money not set aside for training. All training expected to take place via online videos. Disinterest in you doing your job, limited feedback. Yearly review set to a bell curve. Forced to work in areas you do not want to work in.

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Elsevier Response
7y
Thanks for your review. This is not the experience that we want any of our employees to have. However, we are incredibly proud of the work that our tech teams globally are doing to continue building an environment that is supportive, nurturing and inclusive. Our attrition last year was below 10%, which is in line with industry standards and below the tech turnover in London. We use contractors due to project peaks, but we reduce the number of these contractors to give further opportunities to our permanent employees. Salaries are equitable between new joiners and existing members of staff to ensure that we are paying at market rates. Employees in tech attend conferences and instructor-led training sessions. Online courses are very much part and parcel of the training package and more than half of our tech employees are involved in online tech training pilot and the feedback so far has been positive. We strongly defend our graduate program and we are conscious that graduates demand some coaching, mentoring and training early in their career, so we provide these to them. The annual intake of these diverse new talents has been rewarding in many ways for us as an organization. At Elsevier, all our employees are responsible for their own development and careers, with support from their managers through career development conversations, action planning and ongoing coaching. We encourage you to partake in helping us to build a tech environment that is supportive, nurturing and inclusive by speaking directly to your manager or if you prefer, contact us anonymously at elseviergdrev@elsevier.com
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