Does Elsevier pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Elsevier employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Elsevier. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Elsevier?

78% of Elsevier employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Elsevier 4.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Elsevier?

Software Engineer (78) , Senior Software Engineer (63) , Account Manager (61) , Product Manager (55) , Journal Manager (49) , Project Manager (37) , Publisher (30) , Director (29) , Editor (28) , Manager (23) , Sales (22) , Editorial Project Manager (21) , Software Engineer III (20) , Marketing (18) , Data Scientist (16)

What are the pros of working at Elsevier according to real employee reviews?

"Flexibility and good work/life balance" ((in 279 reviews)); "You get the chance to work with great people that are very driven and know their subject area very well." ((in 163 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 138 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 54 reviews)); "Customers shows lot of respect to the company good work culture" ((in 39 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Elsevier according to real employee reviews?

"We're continued to be asked to develop "world class content" with third world resources and insultingly low salaries." ((in 95 reviews)); "The pay is low and does not increase by much each year" ((in 94 reviews)); "Management on the corporate side is poor with very little business development experience." ((in 82 reviews)); "level and higher managers result in poor leadership and decision" ((in 53 reviews)); "There are also bad managers and seemingly no easy way to reduce their impact on the staff for whom they are responsible." ((in 52 reviews))

What are employees saying about Elsevier layoffs in 2026?

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What are the top reviewed Elsevier locations?

Rio de Janeiro , São Paulo , São Lourenço

Elsevier reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(2,192 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

91% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

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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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

3.0

Jul 11, 2017

Editor

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Great coworkers and direct manager

Cons

Low glass ceiling with profits more important than emplyeed

3.0

Jul 11, 2017

Great Experience

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Open to flexible work schedules, working from home, direct managers are open, helpful and flexible. Managers are reasonable regarding deadlines and promote a good work/life balance. Health Benefits work for me and vacation and holiday benefits are better than any I have ever experienced.

Cons

Publishing is going through a lot of flux right now. Elsevier has a large print component and the future of print is in the air right now, the company must change to meet the challenges of this diminishing market while upgrading it's growing on line presence. It is a struggle I think they are winning but it sometimes causes management to make sudden turns that are unnerving to employees. Also, if you are involved in the print side, your long term prospects look pretty dismal -- look to position yourself into the online side as quickly as possible.

2.0

Jul 7, 2017

Interesting and challenging work, poor benefits

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Working with passionate, like-minded people. Strong values, independence and flexibility are all a plus.

Cons

Workloads are high and pay is low

Elsevier Response

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Thank you for your review. Unfortunately, your job role isn't specified in your review which makes it difficult for us to investigate the workload and pay issues related to the position. We are known to offer competitive compensation and a great benefits package covering various programs to motivate our teams and incentivize employees' performance globally.

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