Always in transition and transformation - Anonymous employee Elsevier Employee Review
3.0
Jan 14, 2020
Anonymous employee
Current employee, more than 3 years
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Chance to learn new skills, Global environment
Cons
Office politics, flat organization, no vertical growth
Elsevier Response
6y
Thank you for your review. As rightly noted, there's the chance to learn new skills at Elsevier. This prepares our employees for vertical career growth within and beyond Elsevier. We are not a flat organization. A flat organization has no organizational structure as we do with various levels of middle management. We encourage you to discuss any concerns directly with your manager or if you prefer, contact us at elseviergdrev@elsevier.com
Industry leader
Great benefits
Incentive trips
Invests heavily in its employees
Cons
Processes can be burdensome and clunky at times
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.
-Great company
-Team has talented, experienced account managers and product experts who know the territory well
Cons
West team management is heavy on micromanagement and sets unrealistic territory targets without rep input — high turnover, and long tenure in company seems to shield this manager from accountability and growth