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 291 reviews)); "You get the chance to work with great people that are very driven and know their subject area very well." ((in 159 reviews)); "Great employees and colleagues" ((in 135 reviews)); "Great company and team to work for." ((in 57 reviews)); "Customers shows lot of respect to the company good work culture" ((in 40 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 90 reviews)); "The pay is low and does not increase by much each year" ((in 85 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 58 reviews)); "Bad managers aren't re" ((in 52 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

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

Feb 7, 2021

Good company overall

Lead user experience researcher

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, lots of diversity

Cons

Depending on the product you are on the work can be very dry.

Elsevier Response

5y

Thank you for your review.

4.0

Feb 5, 2021

Generally positive experience

Software engineer iii

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good culture, not high-stress - Option to buy additional PTO - Pretty modern company

Cons

- You may work on some very boring stuff, varies from team to team - Healthcare plans suck, recently scaled retirement benefits - The annoyances of a large corporation are present here, too

Elsevier Response

5y

Thank you for leaving us your review.

4.0

Feb 5, 2021

Good place to work

Software engineering lead

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Talented people, good life work balance

Cons

A bit too corporate sometimes

Elsevier Response

5y

Thank you for leaving your review.

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