Generally a good company, poor pay - Anonymous employee Elsevier Employee Review

3.0
Jan 20, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The company strives on providing comprehensive training to new employees, and I felt welcomed when I started the job. I also had great bosses and colleagues, and I liked interacting with authors and editors during the publishing process. You also learn a lot early on, and if you're interested in acquisitions this job can actually help you advance to that career point. Time off is generous enough (2 weeks vacation your first year, and 3 in your second).

Cons

Expensive health insurance (the deductibles will kill you--you end up never wanting to go to the doctor even if you need to due to the horrendous bills you'd get strapped with), given more projects than you can handle at once and are still expected to meet your target goal, low pay ('"raises" are extremely small).

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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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