Elsevier reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(2,192 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

91% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Elsevier has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,192 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Elsevier employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
4.0
Jul 24, 2017
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Large company, lot of opportunities, good resources.

Cons

Can be slow to adapt.

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Elsevier Response
8y
Thank you for your review. At Elsevier, any adaptation is usually swift especially if it has no major consequences or doesn’t require a lot of thoughts. However, adaptations that may affect the lives of others or change the course of things are usually given careful consideration. They require decisions that are unique and important. So, conscious thinking, information gathering, and careful consideration of alternatives are considered. In some cases, we agree that this may feel like a slow process of adaptation to some of our employees. Hence, we are looking at and addressing how best to speed up the adaptation process within our organization.
2.0
Jul 21, 2017

Only for a certain type

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent salary, good health benefits

Cons

Inept management, insufferable colleagues, culture of meetings for the sake of meetings

5.0
Jul 12, 2017

Great prospects in information economy

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Elsevier is successfully transitioning from a publisher to an information analytics company. Great, unique assets for an information economy and recently also a world-class IT organization. People here are genuinely helpful and supportive.

Cons

Elsevier has become more bureaucratic, many levels of approval in a highly matrixed organization. It needs real dedication to drive innovation. High effort just to complete the paperwork.

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