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?

79% 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 (19) , 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 287 reviews)); "You get the chance to work with great people that are very driven and know their subject area very well." ((in 162 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 140 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 51 reviews)); "Customers shows lot of respect to the company good work culture" ((in 42 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 99 reviews)); "Management on the corporate side is poor with very little business development experience." ((in 85 reviews)); "level and higher managers result in poor leadership and decision" ((in 57 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)); "Senior Management has completely lost touch with reality." ((in 32 reviews))

What are employees saying about Elsevier layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Elsevier layoffs and their outlook for job security at Elsevier in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Elsevier locations?

Rio de Janeiro , São Paulo , São Lourenço

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Elsevier reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(2,190 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

91% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

Work/Life balance

4.2

Culture & values

3.6

Senior management

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

Elsevier has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,190 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

3.0

Sep 12, 2016

Editor

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working hours, enjoy most of my colleagues very much

Cons

The annual raises are really terrible and it's incredibly hard to progress in your career when you start out young there.

3.0

Sep 12, 2016

Sales

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

The team is really great to work with. Friendly environment and a relaxed attitude.

Cons

Pay is average. Every year the company seems to revamp and change employees and management. Every January it feels like a new company, for better or for worse. I don't see much promotion of internal staff. There is some but they seem to prefer to hire externally rather then hiring from within. The product teams are disconnected and the information flow within the company is broken. When sales are down, management gets a little frantic and hokey games to try to increase sales competition that takes up more time than being beneficial.

4.0

Sep 7, 2016

Nice company that could be more effective

Principal software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Most regular employees are professional, educated and nice people. Multicultural environment and opportunities for travel. Flexible work schedule is a big plus. Benefits package is decent but not exceptional.

Cons

Pay is average. Matrix management is rather dysfunctional.

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