Great purpose, great people - signs of culture modernisation with new leadership - Anonymous employee Elsevier Employee Review

4.0
Sep 11, 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Higher purpose: Not selling cans of coke or software - but supporting the advancement of science and health. In general a positive, open culture with 'no stupid questions'. Oxford is the centre of gravity for some activities, but with many other notable locations in London, Amsterdam, Philly.. but Elsevier is highly interconnected across geographies, so Oxford is connected globally. Many have managers in different locations. Career development, training, diversity all becoming much more embedded and prominent. Smart people and in general a remarkably BS free environment. With a new CEO at the helm in 2019, the message of innovation and change seems to be trickling down and making an impact throughout the organisation

Cons

Can be TOO concensus driven. What else? um...the Oxford canteen service sucks

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Elsevier Response
6y
Many thanks for taking the time to leave your review.

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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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