Running in too many directions - Infrastructure Engineer Elsevier Employee Review

3.0
Jan 24, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits were good, actual local team management was good, the place they want to be is a worthy ambition.

Cons

There was a heavy - and bonus linked - push to modernise, coupled with a lack of resourcing and paucity of actual decisions that slowed down progress to the point where it wasn't possible to do a good job.

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Elsevier Response
7y
Thank you for your review. At Elsevier, objectives are set by both employees and their managers. The onus is on both parties to go through, agree on and speak up when these objectives are set. Throughout the year, there are opportunities for both parties to meet and discuss any challenges and agree on updates. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we rely on all our employees including leaders to help the organization's strategy but not at the expense of not doing a good job.

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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
1mo
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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