Graduate scheme not what they sell it as - but still a good package - Associate Graduate Elsevier Employee Review

4.0
Apr 14, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Kidlington office has free gym, decent canteen, flexible hours, some very good teams, friendly environment, social people, good package

Cons

Bad management in a lot of teams, graduate scheme is not what it's sold to be, little to no coding, 'software engineer' post means 'assistant' for a lot of graduates

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Elsevier Response
8y
Thank you for your review. We are always interested in receiving feedback on working for Elsevier and are glad to see some positive comments about your experience so far. There are many teams and managers in our organization, so we encourage our employees to speak up if they think anything affects their work or experience here. Regarding our graduate scheme, we are constantly working to improve it and will definitely look into the areas you mentioned in your review.

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Industry leader Great benefits Incentive trips Invests heavily in its employees

Cons

Processes can be burdensome and clunky at times

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Elsevier Response
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Thank you for this balanced and thoughtful review. We're glad to hear that our benefits and investment in people are making a positive impact, those are commitments we take seriously. On the process feedback: Leadership is actively reviewing operational workflows, and the advice to listen more closely to employee feedback is something we're holding ourselves accountable to. If you're open to it, we'd encourage you to bring specific examples forward through your team or people and culture contacts. Change is most effective when it's grounded in the real experiences of the people doing the work, and that means you. Feel free to reach out to us at elseviergdrev@elsevier.com to provide more information Thank you for staying engaged and for caring enough to share this. It matters.
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