Elsevier reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(2,187 total reviews)

Kumsal Bayazit

90% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Elsevier has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,187 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
Jan 11, 2014
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Elsevier offers an enjoyable work environment where you'll be working with some talented and easy-to-get-along-with co-workers. They offer flexible hours and decent benefits.

Cons

Like every other big company it can be difficult (in software development at least) to expand your career options. Also they are very "process" driven in their software development - lots of hoops to jump through to get anything accomplished.

4.0
Jan 3, 2014
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Best company to work with, Elsevier itself is a brand in Market and research community

Cons

Matrix organization, sometimes difficult to integrate the different views

2.0
Dec 27, 2013

Advancement is dead.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent benefits, nice people, fun employee events a few times per year. There is a culture of work/life balance, and using vacation or sick time is never questioned.

Cons

The benefits don't make up for the fact that advancement is dead, few if any get raises, and fake positions are created to give the illusion of opportunity. Management and operations are very bureaucratic. It is a shame since when I was first hired here many many years ago I had such high hopes to grow with the organization and contribute. But I've never seen red tape so bad.

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