Very poor experience - Software Developer Elsevier Employee Review

2.0
Feb 19, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Free fruit is a benefit in some offices

Cons

Very poor management with lots of ref tape Unwilling to see the core business model of journal subscription is finished and open agreements are now the way to go. A very old company pretending to be a tech company but majority is still written in SQL and some systems such as logistics are 40 years old

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Elsevier Response
6y
Thank you for your review. Sorry to know that you had a poor experience when you worked here. We offer a competitive benefits package for our employees. Free fruits are provided as part of our wellbeing program at work.

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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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